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Aim of the discourse?
To provide what age and circumstance would provide too late
What is the machine that is necessary for all the other machines?
Health
What is Happiness?
A psychological condition
What did Waldinger do?
What is Hedonism?
Pleasure and Happiness are the only intrinsically valuable things
What is the point of living?
To experience agreeable sensations and feelings
What is the machine that is based around our conduct?
Virtue
Four types of security
Material, Social, Project, and Time
Who did Waldinger study?
What is an instrumental good and what is an intrinsic good?
An instrumental good is one that leads to a further good, and an intrinsic good is one that is good in itself
What are the two things that a person cannot be at the same time?
Immoral and Happy
What is the machine that is based on how we should think?
Freedom from Prejudice
Four things that add to a positive outlook
Positivity, Acceptance, Caring for others, and Intrinsic motivation
What did Waldinger's work show?
Quality close relationships and social connectedness are the most beneficial for our health and happiness
What is the main advantage of Hedonism?
Hedonism can accommodate many different lifestyles
What is it when something provides less and less value the more of it you have?
Diminishing returns
What is the machine that determines how we should view the world?
Susceptibility to illusions
Set Point Argument
50% of our happiness is set by our genes, so we cannot improve our happiness
What emotions detract from happiness?
Hatred and Regret
The argument that claims that certain pleasures are not as good as other pleasures
The evil pleasures argument
What is an example of a disagreeable idea?
Thinking about death all the time (she thinks we should not do this)
What is the machine that determines what we ought to pursue in life?
Hedonism
Aristotle's view on Happiness
To be happy we need to live a life of virtue that is achieved through worthwhile activities done well
Four features of close relationships
Mutual understanding, Caring, Validation, and Respect
What is the argument against hedonism based on trajectory
The shape of a life argument