In view of the list of capabilities, Nussbaum supposes that if a life lacks any of these said capabilities, no matter what else it includes, the life being examined will not be d

Aristotle believes that eudemonia is the highest good, and it is the final end. This means that there is no other end. There cannot be a means to another end; it is final. Eudemonia is happiness. It is not a feeling of any sort. It is not a fleeting moment; it is permanent in Aristotle’s view. There are many components to understand how to achieve eudemonia.

1).Being able to live a human life of average duration, which means not dying prematurely or before it is a life so depleted that it is not worth living.

Epicurus, in pursuit of abstract philosophical concepts, would advise one to live a quiet life and withdraw oneself from political society. In his philosophy, Epicurus formulated a four-fold remedy, designed in part as a four-part cure for the never-ending contagious sickness of human anxiety. It reinforced the beliefs that there is nothing to fear in God, nothing to feel in death, that the good in life is easily obtained and that evil can be endured. The goal of Epicureanism’s four-fold remedy is to teach an individual how to live ethically in a hostile world, by enduring suffering each of us can attain a life of dignity. What I will focus on now, is the third of the four remedies, the good in life is easily obtained. Whether this statement is true depends on what one considers to be good. If it means one is always able to attain basic goods for survival, even this minimalist approach may prove to be false, especially for those who are disadvantaged. Maybe the good could mean one should maintain a simple lifestyle in order to obtain worldly goods that are true and eternal (IE: justice, honor and wisdom).

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