Philosophy and Human Flourishing Stuhr John J.
Philosophy and Human Flourishing Stuhr John J. What is a thriving, meaningful, and flourishing human life? Philosophers from Buddha and Socrates onward have stressed that love of wisdom is…
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Philosophy and Human Flourishing Stuhr John J.
What is a thriving, meaningful, and flourishing human life? Philosophers from Buddha and Socrates onward have stressed that love of wisdom is demonstrated by living well--not by thought or theory alone but by action and practice. What practices, associations, policies, and institutions support flourishing lives?These questions are not new ones.
This new perspective is further supported by recent research in feminist theory, critical race studies, philosophical psychology, neuro-ethics, and more. In light of new developments in positive psychology, psychiatry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and behavioral economics, these questions can be addressed with fresh insight rooted in both theory and practice. Philosophy and Human Flourishing both draws on and charts new directions for philosophy and humanistic thought aimed at human flourishing.To reflect the fact