In defense of the ideal of a life plan

Title: In defense of the ideal of a life plan
Creator: Mintoff, Joe
Relation: Southern Journal of Philosophy Vol. 47, Issue 2, p. 159-186
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-6962.2009.tb00089.x
Publisher: Southern Journal of Philosophy, The University of Memphis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2009
Description: Aristotle claims at Eudemian Ethics 1.2 that everyone who can live according to his own choice should adopt some goal for the good life, which he will keep in view in all his actions, for not to have done so is a sign of folly. This is an opinion shared by other ancients as well as some moderns. Others believe, however, that this view is false to the human condition, and provide a number of objections: (1) you can't plan love; (2) nor life's surprises; (3) planning a whole life is of no use since the world changes too much; (4) as do our values; and (5) planning a life is something only dreary people would do. The aim of this paper is to examine these objections, as part of a broader attempt to defend the relevance of a eudaimonistic approach to the question of how to live well.
Subject: intention; Eudemian ethics; eudaimonistic; life plan; Aristotle
Identifier: uon:7101
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/925180
Identifier: ISSN:0038-4283
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