Eudaimonia, Economics and the Environment
What do the Hellenistic Thinkers Have to Teach Economists about ‘the Good Life’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15021840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richards Richards (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 33 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics & the Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1085-6633 • E-ISSN: 1535-5306 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ethicsenviro.18.2.33 |
| OpenAlex | W2027368495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 24 |
It is argued that the ethical presuppositions of standard economic theory offer an overly narrow conception of the good and valuable. It is also argued that ancient Greek eudaimonism, particularly the variant advanced by the Hellenistic thinkers after Aristotle, provide a fuller guide to the "good life." A review of the ethical precepts of Epicurus and the Stoic philosophers is undertaken to show how this ancient thought improves on the more limited insights of the rational choice utilitarianism preferred by neoclassical economics. This enriched ethical perspective is capable of providing a superior guide to public policy formulation, including that concerned with environmental sustainability. A connection is made that links Hellenistic eudaimonism to environmental virtue ethics (EVE)
Ancient Greek · Art · Common good · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Eudaimonia · Form of the Good · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Positive economics · Presupposition · Sustainability · The good life · Utilitarianism · Virtue · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
Man's responsibility for nature
The Moral Austerity of Environmental Decision Making
The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis
Choice, welfare, and measurement
The Origins of Happiness
Altruism or Reciprocity in Greek Ethical Philosophy?
Pleasure and Social Utility
The Hellenistic Philosophers
Stoic Naturalism and Its Critics
The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
Environmental Virtue Ethics
Reciprocity in Ancient Greece
Citizenship, Well-Being and Sustainability
Thoreau, Leopold, and Carson
Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility
Ethical Theory and the Problem of Inconsequentialism
Two Concepts of Morality
| Citations per year | 0.56 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |