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achievement, assessment of,
67–69achieving well-being, as synonymous with “attaining meaning” and “living well,”
2Adam (case example),
45–46art, works of, lives as,
4–5attaining meaning, as synonymous with “achieving well-being” and “living well,”
2
“The Bear and the Beaver” (fable),
99Bond, James (fictional character),
58Book of Ecclesiastes,
85,
86
case examples: Adam,
45–46; Ann,
34; Bobby,
72; Eve,
63–65,
66,
67; Fred,
21–22,
24,
25,
28,
29–30,
32,
33,
48,
79; Joan,
30; Judy,
17; Kate,
30; Lee,
4,
5,
6,
11,
15,
17,
19,
20,
55,
97–99; Leslie,
43; Linda,
33; Pat,
4,
5,
6,
11,
15,
17,
19,
20,
55,
97–99; Robin,
43; Sandy,
67–68; Seth,
45–46; Terry,
67–68Christianity: on heaven and hell,
41; on marriage and sex within marriage,
92–93cinema: as example of seeking appearance rather than reality,
57; experience machine as improved version of, according to Glover,
105n3Coppola, Francis Ford,
96Cory, Richard (fictional character),
65–66,
69Crimes and Misdemeanors (movie),
25,
26,
49
death: according to Epicurus,
89; according to Koheleth,
89; fear of,
82–85deities, according to Epicurus,
77,
86–87Demea (character in
Concerning Natural Religion),
62De rerum natura [On the nature of things] (Lucretius),
83
desires, ability to alter,
80–81Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Hume),
62,
75
Epicurus,
68,
69,
70,
72,
73,
74,
75,
76,
77,
78,
79,
80,
81,
82,
83,
84,
85,
86,
87,
88,
89,
90,
93,
96Er (character in
Republic),
79eudaimonia (happiness or admirable activity),
21–22
experience machine, choosing of,
56–62
fear(s): of death,
82–85; of divine,
74–77; of unfilled desires,
78–81; unnecessary fears as main source of unhappiness, according to Epicurus,
74flourishing, living well as identified with, according to Kraut,
12,
13,
15Franklin, Benjamin,
76,
91friendship, as praised by Epicurus and Koheleth,
91–92
Gersonides (Levi ben Gershom),
75God: according to Epicurus,
74; heaven and hell,
40–41; and morality,
36–39; people looking to for reason to act morally,
35The Godfather (movie),
96
good life, according to Dworkin,
2,
3–5Gowans, Christopher W.,
29
happiness: and ignorance,
63–66; morality and,
2,
20–24; as not following from activities, accomplishments, or acclaim,
1; as requiring moral behavior,
21happy immoralists,
22,
32Hellenistic traditions,
2,
5,
68,
85,
86Humpty Dumpty (fictional character),
21“The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits” (poem),
106n7“The Hunt” (episode of
The Twilight Zone),
41
ignorance, happiness and,
63–66immorality, according to Koheleth,
90Islam, on heaven and hell,
41
Judaism, on marriage and sex within marriage,
92,
93justice, according to Epicurus,
90
King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
100Koheleth (Ecclesiastes),
85,
86
La Rochefoucauld, François de,
49Lee (case example),
4,
5,
6,
11,
15,
17,
19,
20,
55,
97–99Leslie (case example),
43Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides),
75lives, as works of art,
4–5living well: according to Darwall,
16; according to Epicurus,
90–93; according to Koheleth,
91–93; as identified with flourishing, according to Kraut,
12,
13,
15; morality and happiness as needed for,
2; as synonymous with “achieving wellbeing” and “attaining meaning,”
2
meaning: attainment of as synonymous with “achieving well-being” and “living well,”
2; sources of, according to Haidt,
10; sources of, according to Kraut,
14–15; sources of, according to Wolf,
7–11Mill, John Stuart,
53,
54moral behavior: as not ensuring happiness,
2; as not necessary for happiness,
2morality: appearing moral,
32–35; assumptions about,
1; God and,
36–39; and happiness,
20–24; as not following from activities, accomplishments, or acclaim,
1; and unhappiness,
25–28Moses, Anna Mary (Grandma Moses),
12–13
Natasha (character in
The Three Sisters),
21Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle),
21,
81
pains, pleasures and,
70–73Pat (case example),
4,
5,
6,
11,
15,
17,
19,
20,
55,
97–99Philo (character in
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion),
75–76philosophy, as worthwhile undertaking,
18pleasures, and pains,
70–73Proshansky, Harold M.,
80
quality of life, as not following from activities, accomplishments, or acclaim,
1
reality, escapes from,
57“Real Prosperity” (Zen story),
84–85Religion Without God (Dworkin),
3
religious, according to Dworkin,
3Rip (animal character in “The Hunt”),
41–42,
43Robinson, Edwin Arlington,
65Rosenthal, Judah (character in
Crimes and Misdemeanors),
26–27,
49Rousseau, Jean Jacques,
76
Sandy (case example),
67–68scientific laws, compared to moral laws,
44Sengai (character in “Real Prosperity”),
84–85Seth (case example),
45–46sexual activity: according to Christianity,
92–93; according to Epicurus,
92; according to Judaism,
92,
93; according to Koheleth,
92Simpson (character in “The Hunt”),
41–42,
43Sloan, Martin (character in “Walking Distance”),
59social contacts, and level of satisfaction with life,
32Solomon (biblical),
86,
92Stern, Cliff (character in
Crimes and Misdemeanors),
26–27supreme moral principle: according to Kant,
52,
53; according to Mill,
53,
54
Talisse, Robert B.,
ix,
xvTerry (case example),
67–68Thomson, Judith Jarvis,
17,
18The Three Sisters (Chekov),
21
The Twilight Zone (TV series),
41,
59
unfilled desires, fear of,
78–81unhappiness: morality and,
25–28; unnecessary fears as main source of unhappiness, according to Epicurus,
74
“Walking Distance” (episode of
The Twilight Zone),
59Washington, George,
76,
79well-being, achievement of as synonymous with “attaining meaning” and “living well,”
2Whitehead, Alfred North,
73