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Virtues – Moral Mirrors of Contemporary Society

Ivana Ivančić Medved ; High School Dormitory Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

The aspiration for the ideal of a harmonious life assumes the systematic work on one’s own education of the soul and authenticity. Contemporary thoughts face us with a crisis of moral values. We ask the question if that crisis is reflected only on a social level, or must we observe and investigate the problem in the personal influence and responsibility towards society. This train of thought also forces the famous expression – quality of life – on us, which is considered a subjective indicator of satisfaction, i.e. dissatisfaction with the life of an individual in the evaluation of success when achieving personal needs and desires.  Therefore, we will attempt to show what makes the ideal of a good life in this paper through the interpretation of the values in the work of Marcus Aurelius or, as the Stoics called it – the science of a virtuous life, and also the achievement of a positive subjective evaluation of the quality of life and satisfaction.

Keywords

virtues; authenticity; quality of life; Marcus Aurelius

Hrčak ID:

230856

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/230856

Publication date:

19.12.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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