How are Aristotle’s ideas on Happiness and a Meaningful Life resonating with you? What do you reject? What questions does it raise for you?
VIRTUES: 24 Character Strengths from Positive Psychology
MISSION: Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. The field is founded on the belief that people want to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives, to cultivate what is best within themselves, and to enhance their experiences of love, work, and play.
(*The scholars who developed Positive Psychology have built upon Aristotle’s work!)
Journal 1.24: YOUR VIRTUOUS LIFE
Identify some of the ways you are exercising virtue in your life, using the table of Virtues and Vices and/or the 24 Character Strengths from Positive Psychology
- Choose 3 strengths that you feel guide you or are inextricably bound to your personal moral code. How does each add happiness/meaning to your life?
- Choose 3 you wish to improve in, in order to live a more happy and meaningful life. Explain how strengthening these attributes could lead to a more fulfilled sense of being.
- SHARE OUT WITH A PARTNER
WORK TIME:
TURN IN YOUR COMP BOOK!
TURN IN YOUR COMP BOOK!
Read Into the Wild and work on pre-write for Lit Circle #2 (next Thursday)
OR: (optional): Do additional research on positive psychology and how it might play a role in helping us lead a happier and more meaningful life
Start Harold and Maude?? Would you guys rather watch it all at once on Monday?