Aristotle, for example, thought that the goal of every human life is "eudamonia", a deep conception of happiness as long-term flourishing, rather than fleeting pleasure.
Only an economic culture which has ceased to care about future generations could sacrifice so lightly the interests of people far away in geography or in time, and the long-term flourishing of the earth.
Returning to the question of the afterlife, if you think that some good afterlife is possible, one should hope for the long-term flourishing of the villagers in both this life and the next rather than focusing merely on the value of their present position.
Instead, he reasons that a vital goal of a person is 'a state of affairs that is such that it is a necessary condition for the person's minimal happiness in the long run.' 13 The stipulation of 'in the long run' is to avoid health being centred on immediate pleasure and instead, be more in line with long term happiness, thriving, or flourishing such as Aristotle's eudomonia.
And it is not sufficient to say that 'happiness in the long term' will more closely resemble Aristotelian flourishing.
But to flourish over the long term, they need to seek new ways to market the personal data they accumulate.
It's called "Those Who Write for Immortality: Romantic Reputations and the Dream of Lasting Fame," and it's not a polemical "takedown" of the canon but a thoughtful, elegant, and subtly humorous exploration of the specific circumstances that enable literary reputations to flourish over the long term.
But I am optimistic that first-class management, a co-operative work force (incentivised by our worker share ownership scheme and a good industrial settlement), and the freedom for the company to borrow since privatisation, will enable Royal Mail to flourish over the long term, which is good for the British economy.
But with Egypt's ruling generals vowing to shield the country from "chaos" and "disruptive influences" during the fraught post-Mubarak transition, there is no guarantee that the creative arts will secure themselves extra space to flourish in the long term.
But Mr. Ferguson predicted that in the long term the private prison business would continue to flourish because the federal prison system was projected to continue to grow.
