Winning the Superbowl seems like it would the happiest time in a person's life. With all of the confetti, attention, pictures, and hugs from strangers, what else could you want? Surely you're living the good life if you're the champions! When the Saints won last year- I know I felt happy, as did many of my friends and family. But were we actually experiencing happiness? Socrates would disagree.
According to Socrates, the happy life is the virtuous life. While it is a great accomplishment, a football team is not doing a good deed by winning the championship game- at least in my opinion. However someone else could see this as a very good deed, like the Saints boosting the morale of the city!
My question for class discussion is a simple one. Do you think Socrates was happy?
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