One result of this connection is the eudaimonism mentioned earlier. From Wordnik.com. [Religion and Morality] Reference
In classical eudaimonism, happiness was usually identified with virtuous activity. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Reynolds: The Biblical Definitions Of The Pursuit Of Happiness] Reference
Rawls’s concern seems not to be with eudaimonism as such, but the impersonality and egoism of desire that defines natural relations. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Before There Was Early Rawls…] Reference
Basic to Descartes 'account is the distinction he draws between (i) the supreme good, (ii) happiness, and (iii) the final end or goal, notions generally taken as equivalent in ancient eudaimonism (AT IV. From Wordnik.com. [Descartes' Ethics] Reference
If my ranking (1) over (2) is what Doug and Neera mean by a conflict of interests, then I grant that such conflicts can occur under eudaimonism; but what I wish to deny (and all I take Rand to deny in her article "The 'Conflicts' of Men's Interests") is that the ranking of (1) over (2) implies a ranking of (4) over (2) or (3). From Wordnik.com. [Cato Unbound] Reference
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