The moral life is a species of aesthetics in which the goal is to make yourself beautiful. Aristotle suggests that life is ultimately for itself, and it's to flourish in and for itself. We didn't know n self sacrifices isn't pleasurable at first, but it may become pleasurable if you work at it. Th am that beckoned them l the idea that that dan clyne talked about, and his episode on honest income,. which i just loved - he was channelling adam smith.
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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