This episode focuses on happiness. Utilitarianism is a strand in philosophy that says the greatest happiness of the greatest number should guide our judgment in all things – including education. But does its modern descendant, positive psychology, place too much trust in looking on the bright side?
- 0:00 – Intro
- 1:20 – Introducing Utilitarians/Happiness
- 5:37 – Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)
- 17:06 – John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
- 28:51 – Martin Seligman (1942–)
- 37:35 – Summing Up
The Blog that started it all:
- https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2021/09/these-were-written-as-quick-readable.html Bentham bit.ly/3okvNi2 Mill bit.ly/3CYxBRG Seligman bit.ly/2DVc3fw
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