Good people are happier. But how to become a good and happy person?
Aristotles’ virtue ethics along the empirical ruler. Do we even need an ethical system if everyone is virtuous and happy? And positive psychology: how to become a happier and better person?
We must treat each other humanely, you will agree that with me. But what is humane, and how do we become that? Even before philosophers started to consider what we owe to our fellow human beings, people were already thinking about how to ensure that coexistence runs as smoothly as possible. Already before our era, the idea of virtue ethics emerged bot…
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