Answers For Aristotle

• Definition: Simultaneous engagement in tasks that deplete brain resources.
• Insight: People under high cognitive load will rely on intuition to make decisions, and will be less likely to notice and correct errors that may arise.

• Definition: A Greek word that literally means "having a good demon". Often translated as "happiness", but more accurate is "flourishing".
• Insight: Eudaimonia is achieved by having virtuous behaviour - doing the right things for the right reasons.
• Insight: Aristotle identified "akrasia" or "weakness of the will" as the major obstacle to increasing eudaimonia.
• Insight: Eudaimonia is not happiness in the sense of a positive emotion, but it is a moral concept relating to values. Seeking a life of pleasure (wealth, power, sex) is not eudaimonic, regardless of how that person feels.
• Insight: Eudaimonia is about self growth and affecting the world in a positive way.
• Reference: According to Aristotle and virtue ethics, humans should direct themselves towards virtuous behaviour as the purpose of life is to live in a eudaimonic way.

"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."

- Isaac Asimov

• Insight: We often need to take collective action to safeguard or restore a common resource. However the larger the number of individuals involved, the more incentive for each individual to cheat the system and reap the benefits without contributing.
• Insight: A a large enough number of people become free riders, there won't be a resource to free ride on.

Insight: Jane Goodall discovered behaviour in chimpanzees that we can only describe as empathic - male chimps when attacked will run to male companions for comfort, or their mother - and hold her hand.