How (and how not) to be Happy (J. Budziszewski) | Ep. 336

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00:00 start
2:01 Intro
3:31 From Nihilist to Catholic
7:23 Nietzsche
11:26 Aquinas
14:06 Love
18:56 Natural law
24:22 Four witnesses
27:48 How to response to “nothing’s wrong unless it hurts somebody”
28:56 Moral Philosophy is assembling reminders
29:25 Ten Commandments
33:09 Sabbath
35:01 Enactment and determination
36:09 Pinning it down
37:04 Sex (and birth control)
45:34 Transgenderism
46:54 Suffering (Compassion and Truth)
54:50 Procreation (not reproduction)
59:28 3 motives in political action
1:02:18 Tenure
1:04:26 Faith and Reason
1:09:02 Resurrection
1:12:38 Evangelism
1:15:19 How to stay Catholic in College (and counter-culture)
1:25:19 Pilgrim’s progress (and Severe Mercy)
1:27:00 Pascals wager
1:36:33 How to handle scandal
1:41:00 Papacy
1:41:45 Happy book (and Peter Kreeft endorsement)
1:43:06 Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose
1:49:48 Hedonistic paradox (and pain)
1:53:57 Happiness
1:57:18 Perfect happiness will not be found in this life
1:58:53 Evolution
2:05:37 Divorce
2:08:56 Pain of beauty
2:12:31 Break
2:18:32 Buds and giggle
2:20:23 Radiance
2:24:56 Start of Q&A
2:25:21 Gap year and University
2:28:28 Happiness vs Satisfaction
2:29:52 Praying, modelling and maintaining peace (Parenting)
2:34:54 Joy, melancholy and suffering
2:39:58 Tragedy
2:41:43 Aquinas remedies for sorrow
2:56:56 Wrap-up