1. Practical Considerations From “Natural Ethics” WHAT MAKES FOR A GOOD & HAPPY PERSON?

2. PAUL RICOEUR’S TELEOLOGICAL ETHICS: AIMING AT THE GOOD LIFE “communion of saints” Best practices Studying & practicing virtues Standards Friendship Solicitude The role of other Social structures, e.g. family, church Promote & stabilize search for the good Institutional Context

3. TEMPERANCE Touches on 3 essentials of life Their focus is on self-preservation, part of our desire to exist Not just about REPRESSING desires Is not selfish when integrated into genuine human growth Aquinas Abstinence humanizes desire for food Sobriety, humanizes the pleasure of drinking Chastity humanizes our desire for sexual pleasure

4. SEX & CHASTITY The sex difference makes man & woman unfinished in themselves The classic rule is very simple Sexual acts acquire true human meaning when directed in a loving union bound by total reciprocal fidelity & open to procreation Sex has two co-equal purposes Unitive (love-giving) & procreative (life-giving) Review Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) & Fr. Ron Rolheiser pages 138-139

5. THE ROLE OF THE OTHER One cannot live out the good life alone Aristotle pointed out the need for friendship A deliberate activity requiring continuous exercise Must be worked at Read and comment on “What is Friendship?” page 141

6. SOLICITUDE: THE OTHER AS ETHICAL APPEAL Recall Levinas call to respond to the needs of the other E.g., the beggar who makes me aware of their neediness, Images of those suffering from AIDS, drought, famine, war… Create some kind of suffering within us  sympathy, compassion Solicitude: anxious concern for the other a requirement for living ethically

7. THE GOOD LIFE NEEDS JUST INSTITUTIONS To promote & stabilize our search for the good Think of institutions to which you belong Institutions structure expectations, direct behaviour to promote & protect the common good Helps us define values, beliefs and practices  shape our lives