Philosophy of Well-Being
Course code
TST7017.LT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Heaolu filosoofilised kontseptsioonid
Course title in English
Philosophy of Well-Being
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To provide knowledge about philosophical problems in the fields of welfare and quality of life. To develop the ability to analyze the philosophical postulates of welfare and quality of life.
Brief description of the course
Moral philisophy and well-being. Plato on well-being. Aristotle on well-being. Hedonistic theories of well-being in antiquity. Well-being and religion: christianity, islam, confucianism, daoism, buddhism. British moralists on well-being. Philosophical theories of well-being: hedonism, perfectionism, desire fulfillment theory, objective list theories, hybrid theories, eudaimonism, well being and subject dependence. Particular goods and bads: pleasure, pain, health and disability, friendship, virtue, epistemic goods, achievement, meaningfulness, needs, happiness, death. Well-being in moral and political philosophy: e.g. welfarism, normativity, autonomy, disadvantage, feminism.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the various philosophical principles of welfare and quality of life;
- is able to analyze the philosophical foundations of the problem of well-being and quality of life.
- knows the various philosophical principles of welfare and quality of life;
- is able to analyze the philosophical foundations of the problem of well-being and quality of life.
Teacher
Õppejõud on määramata (Lecturer not assigned)
Study programmes containing that course