Living a Good Life

Course Materials

Unit 1: Desire and the Good Life (Jan. 10)

1. Taking an Inventory of Desires

Exercise: An Inventory of Desires

2. Mapping Out Desires

Exercise: Mapping Your Desires

Exercise: Final Ends

Unit 1: Desire and the Good Life (Jan. 17)

4. Callicles' Moral Psychology

5. Questioning Callicles

6. Socrates's Moral Psychology

Unit 1 Panel Discussion

Live Zoom Conversation: Unit 1 (1/20 @ 8 PM EST)

Unit 2: Positive Psychology (Jan. 24)

1. Positive Psychology I

Exercise: Authentic Happiness

2. Positive Psychology II

Exercise: Reflection and Practice

3. Positive Psychology III

Watch: Claire (YouTube Documentary)

Unit 2 Panel Discussion

Live Zoom Conversation: Unit 2 (1/27 @ 8 PM EST)

Unit 3: Confucianism (Jan. 31)

1. Intro to Confucianism

2. Social Justice

3. The Four Sprouts

Exercise: Nurturing a Sprout

4. Physical Desires

Exercise: Focusing on the Physical

Unit 3: Confucianism (Feb. 7)

5. Confucianism Rituals

Exercise: Ritual Control

Exercise: Reflective Control

Exercise: Sincerity and Joy

Unit 3 Panel Discussion

Live Zoom Conversation: Unit 3 (2/10 @ 8 PM EST)

Unit 4: Aristotle (Feb. 14)

2. Happiness as Eudaimonia

3. What Happiness Is Not

4. What Happiness Is

Exercise: Day One - Virtue and Happiness

Exercise: Day Two - Virtue as a Craft

Live Zoom Conversation: Unit 4 (2/17 @ 8 PM EST)

Unit 4: Aristotle (Feb. 21)

5. Virtue and the Mean

Exercise: Day Three - Virtue and the Mean

6. Virtue and Pleasure

Exercise: Day Four - Virtue and Pleasure

7. Virtue and Friendship

Exercise: Virtue and Friendship

Unit 4 Panel Discussion

Exercise: Mapping Your Desires

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