PHIL 28 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: The Good Life
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Charles larmore: the idea of a life plan. Conception of our good draws from previous experience, so falls short of the values which life has yet to show (99: 2. Lives would be worse if happiness unfolded perfectly according to plan: objection: planning has an important place in life, response: agree that planning has an important place in life. But, vital thing is to see that life itself is not properly the object of a plan: philosophers unanimously agree that a life plan is the best way to maintain happiness, but this unanimity is unlikely accidental. The rawlsian conception of a life plan: analyzed (102) A person, an individual self, may be defined as a human life lived according to a plan . 13. person should set the definition of his purposes and the way these purposes get expressed in his life (103) Larmore"s argument: past experiences also involve things that fortunately happen despite certain goals at the time.
