Alienation and Self-realization

Self-realizationist theories are among the classical attempts to develop a comprehensive normative ethical theory. Plato and Aristotle, in giving classical statements of such theories, argue that a man's distinctive happiness, a man's distinctive flourishing, will only be realized when he realizes himself, i.e. when he achieves to the fullest possible degree his distinctive function. And to achieve one's function is to develop to the full those capacities which are distinctive of the human animal. In doing this we are being most truly ourselves and in doing this we are doing what it is our own nature to do. Men who cultivate to the fullest that which men and only men have will be the happiest men and in so acting they will realize themselves most fully; they will achieve their maximum potential or their fullest distinctively human growth. To so realize oneself is the final end of all moral activity. It defines what is to constitute ‘the good life’ and what is to count as ‘a good man’.

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Animal Democracy and the Challenges of Political Participation

When Animals Speak ◽

10.18574/nyu/9781479859351.003.0011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 202-215

Author(s):

Eva Meijer

Keyword(s):

Political Participation ◽

Animal Rights ◽

Good Life ◽

The Good Life ◽

Political Interaction ◽

Human Animal ◽

Species Specific ◽

The Right

Chapter 8 turns the focus from activism to political participation. Non-human animal political participation is often either not considered relevant, or not considered at all, by animal rights theorists. This is problematic, because the right to political participation—to co-shaping the rules under which one lives—is not just any right. Non-human animals are individuals with their own perspectives on life and their own idea of the good life, which cannot be reduced to species-specific templates. In this chapter, the author first discusses how and whether non-human animals can co-author the laws under which they live, and she explores the normative justifications for establishing an interspecies democracy. The second section investigates which non-human animals can or should be seen as part of a shared interspecies community with humans. The chapter concludes by exploring ways to improve democratic interaction with other animals, in which the author discusses Sue Donaldson’s proposals for enabling voice and space, and ends with two examples in which humans and other animals interact politically in order to investigate how democratic non-human animal participation can be improved: material deliberation with seagulls, and human-macaque greeting rituals as new forms of political interaction.

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The Good Life and the Good Lives of Others

Social Philosophy and Policy ◽

10.1017/s0265052500001448 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 133-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Julia Annas

Keyword(s):

Virtue Ethics ◽

Ethical Theory ◽

Good Life ◽

The Good Life ◽

Anglo Saxon ◽

Ethical Theories ◽

Good Lives ◽

The Way

It is well-known that in recent years, alongside the familiar forms of modern ethical theory, such as consequentialism, deontology, and rights theory, there has been a resurgence of interest in what goes by the name of “virtue ethics” — forms of ethical theory which give a prominent status to the virtues, and to the idea that an agent has a “final end” which the virtues enable her to achieve. With this has come an increase of theoretical (as opposed to antiquarian) interest in ancient ethical theories, particularly Aristotle's, an interest which has made a marked difference in the way ethics is pursued in the Anglo-Saxon and European intellectual worlds.In this essay, I shall not be discussing modern virtue ethics, which is notably protean in form and difficult to pin down. I shall be focusing on ancient eudaimonistic ethical theories, for in their case we can achieve a clearer discussion of the problem I wish to discuss (a problem which arises also for modern versions of virtue ethics which hark back to the ancient theories in their form).

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EMPLOYMENT OF POPULATION AND FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCES IT

EurasianUnionScientists ◽

10.31618/esu.2413-9335.2021.5.82.1230 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1(82)) ◽

pp. 4-7

Author(s):

L. Ibragimov ◽

A. Akbarov ◽

D. Ubaydullayev

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Growth And Development ◽

Good Life ◽

Human Growth ◽

The Good Life ◽

Social Meaning ◽

Age And Gender ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Human Growth And Development ◽

And Gender

The indicators, types and forms of employment, indicators reflecting the effectiveness of the employment, and the factors affecting population employment were mentioned in this work. In addition, the description is also given to the characteristics of the formation of the labor market. It is very important to understand economic, demographic, and social meaning of employment in the process of investigating the employment of population. Economic meaning of employment can be seen in terms of supporting the good life from its own labor for staff. In addition, it helps in the development of the effectiveness of production. Social meaning of employment refers to human growth and development (Sovi, 1977). Demographic meaning of employment can be seen in the connection of age and gender characters, its structure, and others.

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