The Moral Imagination

Ep. 1: James Otteson Ph.D: Aristotle and the Good Life

Jun 17, 2019

01:15:38

Creator website

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

How Do You Get It All Done?

02:48

What Social Institutions Are Necessary for Human Frustration?

03:51

Finding Your Passion and Creating Value for Other People

01:54

Introduction

3min

What Is Udaimonia?

3min

Aristotle's Idea of Happiness

3min

Aristotle Used the Word Soul

2min

How to Have Loving Relationships

2min

Is That a Good Synopsis?

2min

Eudaimonia, Human Frustration, Where Do You Start?

5min

Finding Your Passion and Creating Value for Other People

2min

Are We Islandes?

2min

10.

Aristotle's End Is Virtue, Not Pleasure

2min

11.

The Virtue of Being a Parent or Raising Children

2min

12.

Is Joy the Super Abundant Fruit of a Love Relationship?

2min

13.

Eudaimonia and Confidence

4min

14.

What Social Institutions Are Necessary for Human Frustration?

4min

15.

What Are the Kinds of Governments That We Need?

2min

16.

The Immediacy of Intermediary Institutions

4min

17.

The Importance of Economic Institutions for Human Frustration

3min

18.

The Importance of Academic Inquiry

4min

19.

Is the University a Place for Indoctrination?

5min

20.

Is There a Greatest Barrier to Human Beings?

3min

21.

Is There a Human Question?

2min

22.

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

3min

23.

The Iliad - What Really Matters in Life?

2min

24.

How Do You Get It All Done?

3min

25.

Don't Be Afraid to Fail

2min

26.

Great Books - What Should People Read?

3min

Professor James Otteson of Wake Forest University and the Eudaimonia Institute joins Michael to discuss Aristotle, Eudaimonia, human flourishing, and what it means to lead a good life.

Get full access to The Moral Imagination - Michael Matheson Miller at www.themoralimagination.com/subscribe

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.