Social Philosophy and Policy

Table of Contents - 1999 - Volume 16, Issue 01  

Research Article

The Three Faces of Flourishing*

Thomas Hurkaa1

a1 Philosophy, University of Calgary

To my knowledge, the term “flourishing” was introduced into contemporary philosophy in Elizabeth Anscombe's 1958 article “Modern Moral Philosophy.” In this article and in much of the writing subsequent to it, the concept of flourishing seems to have three principal facets, or to be associated with three philosophical views.

Footnotes

* For helpful comments and discussion I am grateful to Dennis McKerlie, Ellen Frankel Paul, Michael Slote, Christine Swanton, and the other contributors to this volume.