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What Every Person Needs In Order To Live A Good Life
Mortimer J. Adler



Limited Goods*
Enough, or as much as justice allows.

* These goods are not completely within our own power to obtain
Biological Sustenance
Food, Drink, Clothing and Shelter

Health
Physical and Mental

Wealth
Friendship/Love
Family, Associations and Fraternities

Pleasure
Liberty
Civil Peace
Political Power
Citizenship with Suffrage

Free Time
For Omnibus Self-improvement, Rest and Play

Satisfaction
Of Innocuous Wants

Good Fortune
Unlimited Goods
Cannot be possessed in excess.

These goods are completely within our own power to obtain.

Moral Virtue
The Habits of Right Desire; habit of right choices about actions to be taken.

Temperance
Habit of resisting and limiting immediate pleasures for a future good.

Fortitude
Habit of suffering pain or discomfort for a future good.

Justice
Habit of concern for the good of others and community welfare.

Prudence
Habit of right judgment or choices of the means for attaining the right end.

* Analytically distinct but not existentially distinct -- you cannot possess one without the others.

Intellectual Virtues*
Good Habits in the Use of the Intellect.

Speculative
Knowledge, Understanding, and Speculative Wisdom.

Practical
Art or Skill, Prudence or Practical Wisdom (habit of right choices about decisions to be made).

* Analytically and existentially distinct -- you can possess one without the others.