Theories of the Good Life

Artha is the pursuit of wealth and material possessions, which is not considered to be a theory of the good life in classical Indian ethics.

Hedonism is the theory that the highest good is pleasure.

Spiritual pleasure is not a type of pleasure according to the hedonistic theory.

Eudaimonia is the Greek word for happiness, and eudaimonism is the theory that the highest good is happiness.

Hedonic happiness is a type of pleasure-based happiness, which is not considered to be true happiness according to the eudaimonic theory.

Virtue theory is the theory that the highest good is virtue.

Theological virtues are virtues that are related to God, and are not considered to be part of the virtue theory of the good life.

Moksha is the Sanskrit word for liberation, and the moksha theory is the theory that the highest good is liberation from the cycle of rebirth.

Moksha from samsara is not a type of moksha according to the moksha theory.

Hedonism is the theory that the highest good is pleasure.

Eudaimonism is the theory that the highest good is happiness.

Virtue theory is the theory that the highest good is virtue.

Moksha theory is the theory that the highest good is liberation from the cycle of rebirth.

Moksha theory is the theory that the highest good is liberation from the cycle of rebirth, and is a central concept in Indian philosophy.

Eudaimonism is the theory that the highest good is happiness, and is a central concept in Western philosophy.