The Classical Ideal of Happiness: On Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Some Modern Alternatives
Tue, Feb 22
|Austin Institute
Time & Location
Feb 22, 2022, 7:00 PM CST – Mar 22, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT
Austin Institute, 3206 Fairfax Walk, Austin, TX 78705, USA
About The Event
Dr. Dana Stauffer and Dr. Erik Dempsey of the University of Texas at Austin will be leading this seminar on Aristotle's understanding of happiness. The first, second, and fourth seminars will treat passages from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, with the third one on some modern alternatives to the Aristotelian ideal.
About Our Scholars
Dr. Dana Jalbert Stauffer
Ph.D., University of Toronto
Associate Professor of Instruction
Dr. Stauffer specializes in political theory. Her particular research interests include the history of political thought, especially classical political thought, and women in political thought. Before coming to the University of Texas, she taught at Kenyon College.
