Virtue and happiness in Schopenhauer´s ethics
The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the sort of connection that Schopenhauer allegedly establishes between virtue and happiness within his moral philosophy. The author of The World as Will and Representation describes virtuous agents as truly happy, since they constantly experience an inner...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/180070 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/180070 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | HEDONISM EMPIRICAL CONSCIOUSNESS MORAL CHARACTER TRANQUILITY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6 |
| Sumario: | The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the sort of connection that Schopenhauer allegedly establishes between virtue and happiness within his moral philosophy. The author of The World as Will and Representation describes virtuous agents as truly happy, since they constantly experience an inner contentment for their good deeds, which also proceeds from their sense of amity with everything around them. However, this association between virtue and happiness strikes us as paradoxical, since Schopenhauer –following Kant– departs in his ethical inquiry from a sharp distinction between happiness and morality. I think a general strategy to dissolve this paradox is to ascribe to Schopenhauer two distinct senses in which he employs the concept of happiness. I will follow here this strategy. |
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