justice and the Common Good,” Sandel discusses topics that address questions of justice that are related to public and religious perspectives on this question: What is the purpose of life?
Another variant of this question is the fundamental question in the study of ethics: What is the good life? Aristotle calls this “eudaimonia” which can be translated as happiness, but a more accurate translation is “human flourishing.”
What is your response to the question: What is the good life? Name 3 features of the good life in your view. How has your view of the good life changed over time? In terms of the common good, what do you believe is required by society for others to fulfill their potential for human flourishing?
In your response, compare your view of the good life with that of one of the following:
The Utilitarian View
The Kantian View
The Aristotelian View
Describe the view and how your perspective relates to it