| What Every
Person Needs In Order To Live A Good Life |
Enough, or as much as justice allows.
* These goods are not completely within our own power to obtain
Food, Drink, Clothing and Shelter
Physical and Mental
Family, Associations and Fraternities
Citizenship with Suffrage
For Omnibus Self-improvement, Rest and Play
Of Innocuous Wants
Cannot be possessed in excess.
These goods are completely within our own power to obtain.
The Habits of Right Desire; habit of right choices about actions
to be taken.
Habit of resisting and limiting immediate pleasures for a future
good.
Habit of suffering pain or discomfort for a future good.
Habit of concern for the good of others and community welfare.
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.
Good Habits in the Use of the Intellect.
Knowledge, Understanding, and Speculative Wisdom.
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.
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