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DESCRIPTION:Work in Progress Seminar Series | Winter 2023\n\n“Spinoza's Str
 ong Eudaimonism”\n\nBrandon Smith\n	Friday\, February 3\, 2023\n	3:30-5:30 P
 M\n	Leacock Building\, Room 927\n\nAbstract: In this paper I defend an euda
 imonistic reading of Spinoza's ethical philosophy. Eudaimonism refers to t
 he mainstream ethical tradition of the ancient Greeks\, which considers ha
 ppiness a naturalistic\, partly subjective\, structurally stable\, and sol
 ely intrinsic good. Within this tradition\, we can also draw a distinction
  between weak eudaimonists and strong eudaimonists. Weak eudaimonists do n
 ot ground their ethical conceptions of happiness in complete theories of m
 etaphysics\, epistemology\, or psychology. Strong eudaimonists\, conversel
 y\, build their conceptions of happiness around an overall philosophical s
 ystem that extends far beyond ethics\, while nevertheless being directed a
 t the promotion of a happy life. I will show that Spinozistic happiness is
  not only naturalistic\, partly subjective\, structurally stable\, and sol
 ely intrinsically good\, but that Spinoza is also a strong eudaimonist bec
 ause his ethical account of happiness is incomprehensible without appeal t
 o metaphysical\, epistemological\, and psychological doctrines. \n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 927\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Brandon Smith\, 'Spinoza's Strong Eudaimonism'
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/philosophy/channels/event/brandon-smith-spinozas-
 strong-eudaimonism-344623
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