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Virtuous Activity Is Sufficient for Happiness and Some Minimally Favorable Circumstances Are Necessary for Virtuous Activity

Year: 2016

Type: dissertation

Abstract: I argue for a nontraditional sufficiency thesis: virtuous activity is sufficient for happiness and some minimally favorable circumstances are necessary for virtuous activity.This view satisfies two intuitions from the ancient dispute that might at first seem in tension.Happiness depends on favorable external circumstances, and virtuous activity guarantees happiness.

Source: ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington)

Author: Benjamin Hole

Language: English

Topic: Philosophical Ethics and Theory

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2626903392

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