"Flourishing would seem an obvious aim of education," writes Jenny Mackness. "To me it's an indictment of our times that Kristján Kristjánsson felt he needed to write a lengthy book to justify this." Maybe, but as the result of the article shows, it's not exactly clear what counts as 'flourishing'. It's more, for example, that mere happiness (or so we read here). Aristotle listed some factors, including good government, a full life, and even some physical beauty. Later in the article Mackness cites a suggestion that spirituality is necessary for flourishing. This all seems pretty culturally specific to me, and most of it has little to do with my own idea of flourishing.
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