Human Goods

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Human Goods

• Lecture 1
• The Human Quest for Happiness

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Virtue

• The habitual and firm disposition to do the good.

• Desire the good
• Choose the good
• Perform the good
• (actualize)

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Happiness

• To possess that which we were created to possess.

• We are created for eternity. It is our end.
• Thus only that which is eternal can satisfy us.

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Happiness

• To possess that which we were created to possess.
• Subjective contentment, or rest of desire.
• Objective real blessedness, the state of
  possessing the objective good for man.

• All men seek this as an end, not a means to any
  further end.
• No one seeks happiness in order to be rich, or
  powerful, or wise.
• People seek riches, or power, or wisdom because
  they think these will make them happy.

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Virtues

• Natural
• Prudence
• Justice
• Fortitude
• Temperance

• Supernatural
• Faith
• Hope
• Charity

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A Good

• A reality that satisfies a human longing.
• The object of mans desire which benefits the
  person.

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Britney Spears is famous
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Donald Trump is rich
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Seven Goods

• Physical Life
• Truth / Knowledge
• Beauty
• Goodness / Achievement

• Self-constitution
• Personal Relationships
• Friendship
• Marriage
• Spiritual Relationships

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God Reveals Himself
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God Reveals Himself
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God Reveals Himself
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God Reveals Himself
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God Reveals Himself
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God Reveals Himself
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Pleasure vs Happiness

• Pleasure
• The temporary fulfillment of a good.

• Happiness
• The complete fulfillment of a good in its true
  and proper way.

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Seven Goods

• Physical Life
• Truth / Knowledge
• Beauty
• Goodness / Achievement

• Self-constitution
• Personal Relationships
• Friendship
• Marriage
• Spiritual Relationships

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