Agentic Stoicism: Happiness, pt. 2

There has been some interest in deeper discussions of Lawrence Becker's "A New Stoicism", which I often reference in passing - here, I'm calling it "Agentic Stoicism", since his framework is structured around human agency. This meetup is the fourth and final in-depth discussion of part of "A New Stoicism".

In this meetup, we'll finish discussing the chapter "Happiness" (Ch. 7), wherein Becker discusses the connection between agentic excellence (virtue) and happiness.

No preparation is required, but it may be helpful to look at Massimo Pigliucci's series of blog posts providing an overview of "A New Stoicism". The book itself is well worth a read, but I won't assume familiarity.

This meetup will start with a short lecture before moving into the usual discussion format.