i was recently talking with the dame budre and and michael monger in recent episodes about the fact that economists take preferences. Is given. As you say, we have actually urges for all those things. We'd ever just go out there and pick one of those and just do it? Well, that's aristotle's position though, and i assume he's going to encourage me to emphasize some over others. Why? Why shouldn't i just pursue? In particular, the one that comes easiest to most of us is that fun one. Would that be good? That a good life. What's wrong with that? Aristotle's not a moralist, so he's not
Leon Kass, long-time teacher of classic works at the University of Chicago and now Dean of Faculty at Shalem College in Jerusalem, talks about human flourishing with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on an essay from his book, Leading a Worthy Life, Kass gives a broad overview of Aristotle's ideas on how to live.
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