caa a22 4500 388110066 CHVBK 20180307125351.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0265052500002235 doi S0265052500002235 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0265052500002235 Rasmussen Douglas B. Philosophy, St. John's University Human Flourishing and the Appeal to Human Nature [Elektronische Daten] [Douglas B. Rasmussen] If "perfectionism” in ethics refers to those normative theories that treat the fulfillment or realization of human nature as central to an account of both goodness and moral obligation, in what sense is "human flourishing” a perfectionist notion? How much of what we take "human flourishing” to signify is the result of our understanding of human nature? Is the content of this concept simply read off an examination of our nature? Is there no place for diversity and individuality? Is the belief that the content of such a normative concept can be determined by an appeal to human nature merely the result of epistemological naiveté? What is the exact character of the connection between human flourishing and human nature? These questions are the ultimate concern of this essay, but to appreciate the answers that will be offered it is necessary to understand what is meant by "human flourishing.” "Human flourishing” is a relatively recent term in ethics. It seems to have developed in the last two decades because the traditional translation of the Greek term eudaimonia as "happiness” failed to communicate clearly that eudaimonia was an objective good, not merely a subjective good. Copyright © Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation 1999 Social Philosophy and Policy Cambridge University Press 16/1(1999), 1-43 0265-0525 16:1<1 1999 16 SOY https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500002235 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265052500002235 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rasmussen Douglas B. Philosophy, St. John's University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Philosophy and Policy Cambridge University Press 16/1(1999), 1-43 0265-0525 16:1<1 1999 16 SOY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge