flourishing
Original: flourishing on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Student: Professor, all these ethical systems talk about "human flourishing" but I have no idea what it means.
Panel 2:
Professor: Oh, that's easy. "Human flourishing" comes from the ancient Greek concept of "eudaimonia," which translates as pleasure that is officially approved by philosophers.
Panel 3:
Professor: If you can start a sentence with "Every human being deserves to experience..." and then end the sentence with a straight face, it's human flourishing. Love, compassion, beauty, truth, the sublime.
Panel 4:
Professor: This is why you can't "experience eudaimonia" by getting a blow job while eating Count Chocula.
Panel 5:
Student: You seem to reject these ideas.
Professor: Yes, I'm what's called a fellatio utilitarian.
Votey:
Professor (speech bubble): I derive a lot of eudaimonia from living an unexamined life.
(The professor sits slumped, holding a drink, looking content.)
Student: Professor, all these ethical systems talk about "human flourishing" but I have no idea what it means.
Panel 2:
Professor: Oh, that's easy. "Human flourishing" comes from the ancient Greek concept of "eudaimonia," which translates as pleasure that is officially approved by philosophers.
Panel 3:
Professor: If you can start a sentence with "Every human being deserves to experience..." and then end the sentence with a straight face, it's human flourishing. Love, compassion, beauty, truth, the sublime.
Panel 4:
Professor: This is why you can't "experience eudaimonia" by getting a blow job while eating Count Chocula.
Panel 5:
Student: You seem to reject these ideas.
Professor: Yes, I'm what's called a fellatio utilitarian.
Votey:
Professor (speech bubble): I derive a lot of eudaimonia from living an unexamined life.
(The professor sits slumped, holding a drink, looking content.)
Alt text
A five-panel black-and-white comic with green-tinted backgrounds. A young student talks with an older, balding professor in a suit. Panel 1: The student says all these ethical systems talk about "human flourishing" but he has no idea what it means. Panel 2: The professor explains that "human flourishing" comes from the ancient Greek concept of "eudaimonia," which translates as "pleasure that is officially approved by philosophers." Panel 3: The professor says if you can start a sentence with "Every human being deserves to experience..." and end it with a straight face, it's human flourishing -- love, compassion, beauty, truth, the sublime. Panel 4: The professor adds that this is why you can't "experience eudaimonia" by getting a blow job while eating Count Chocula. Panel 5: The student observes "You seem to reject these ideas," and the professor replies "Yes, I'm what's called a fellatio utilitarian." Votey: The professor, slumped and holding a drink, says "I derive a lot of eudaimonia from living an unexamined life."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.