List Of Real Goods Necessary For A Good Life

List of Real Goods Necessary for a Good Life

What every person "needs" in order to live a whole good life (happiness)

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 and 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.

UNLIMITED GOODS

Cannot be possessed in excess.
These goods are completely within our own power to obtain.

MORAL VIRTUE
The habit of right desire;
habit of right choices about actions to be taken.
(Analytically distinct but not existentially distinct --
you cannot possess one without the others.)

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.

INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES
Good habits in the use of the intellect.
(Analytically and existentially distinct --
you can possess one without the others.)

Speculative: Knowledge, Understanding, and Speculative Wisdom.

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

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