How to live a Good Life
A Philosophy for life is a personal framework of beliefs, values, and principles that guide how you think, act, and make decisions. It is essentially your compass—shaped by your experiences, reflections, and worldview - that helps you navigate life's challenges, relationships, and goals. But, how do we know what constitutes a good life?
In this course we will delve into Six influential philosophies and explore this question by considering what they have to say about the issues of meaning, happiness, fulfilment, dealing with adversity, uncertainty and morality.
More detailed outline of sessions:
Week 1 Why does Aristotle think virtue and character are so important to living a good life? What does he mean by eudaemonia?
Week 2 Why, for Epicurus, is pleasure so essential to a good life and what does he mean by ataraxia?
Week 3 Stoicism and challenging adversity. Why do Stoics place some much importance on reason and judgement?
Week 4 Buddhism and ending suffering. What is the connection between desire and suffering?
Week 5 Existentialism and meaning. Why are freedom and authenticity so important for existentialists?
Week 6 Effective Altruism. What has this, more recent, philosophy got to say about our moral obligations towards others?
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Please get in touch if you have any additional needs that would be helpful for us to know about, and we will try to arrange adjustments for you to better access the workshop. If you need to bring a carer with you, please let us know in advance so we can ensure there is enough space. Email us on admin@bristolfolkhouse.co.uk or call us on 01179262987.
Please note: All 10, and 12 week courses have a half term break in the middle. For term dates please visit our Contact us page. We are not open on bank holiday Mondays and any class that falls on these days will be made up at the end of term.
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