As of today, which community considered flourishing and what is presented in showing the flourishing? Before we get to choose which community affected, we as readers have to define flourishing. In Phelps’s definition of flourishing he quotes that, “human flourishing requires challenges, struggles, and success that goes beyond the material of prosperity.” (Friedman quoted in Liberty of Economics and Liberty) Phelps describes flourishing as prosperity in two components. Phelps’s first component is growth in wages and productivity. Phelps’s second component is flourishing. Phelps defines the term of flourishing in his words as prosperity, innovation, creativity because the essence of “flourishing”, human-beings are desired in expressing creativity, …show more content…
Moreover, mark Keppel key club demonstrates acceptance with differences. An example is mark Keppel key club gave all students the opportunity to participate in all events including those with disabilities, different ethnics and ideas. In account Phelps statement is accurate as a sense, “identification of creativity as the intrinsic essence of the human character” (Friedman 2) though Hume argued the reason is human imagination dating to Aristotle. Smith called this paramount role of human relations as sympathy, but the kind of sympathy Smith expresses a “fellow-feeling” (Friedman 2) which requires putting yourself in someone’s else situation in a sense this works only in imagination. Smith understood the repetitive routine narrows the possibilities that presented inside a human being. Mark Keppel key club have presented ideas to improved and solved problems. Acceptance of differences s essential for a community to “flourish” because it makes individuals feel good to be respected by others, that we are not judged and equal as everyone else. A community without acceptance of differences will feel isolated from other in reality, but may lead to tragic issues by not being able to fit …show more content…
Phelps states,” the essence of human nature is ‘a desire to express creativity, a relish for challenge, an enjoyment of problem solving, a delight in novelty, and the restless need to explore and to tinker’.” (Friedman 3) Phelps says that flourishing and personal growth makes up the core of the quote from Aristotle terms of ‘good life’ as what he defines of “flourishing”. Phelps admires the idea of modern capitalism because it offers a good prospects to ordinary people for the good life. Modern capitalism provides not the sense of flourishing but the mass of