Abstract

SAMAME, Luciana. Schopenhauer and Eudaimonism. Franciscanum [online]. 2017, vol.59, n.168, pp.63-91. ISSN 0120-1468.

The aim of this paper is to support a statement that could seem problematic and even paradoxical at a first glance: the claim according to which Schopenhauer's ethics possesses an eudaimonistic character. This claim might strike us as puzzling, given Schopenhauer's own criticisms to eudaimonism and his sharp distinction between morality and happiness. Nevertheless, the way in which he structures his ethical system as well as his particular view on eudaimonism, allow us to interpret his theory from an eudaimonitic perspective. In my opinion, there are two strong arguments that support this interpretation, both of which can be reconstructed in the frame of Schopenhauer's discussion of asceticism.

Keywords : Egoism; virtue; highest good; asceticism; Schopenhauer.

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