Values, Virtues, Vice, and Dating: Ethics as the Missing Link to Love, Happiness, & the Good Life

***** "Values, Virtues, Vice, and Dating" is part of a full-day seminar I gave at the Le Meridien Bangkok on 8 December 2018. In this keynote talk to a group of private coaching clients, I reveal how morality is the missing piece in the puzzle of dating, mating, love, happiness, and life overall. I also propose a virtue ethical approach to life and values, informed by a deeper understanding of moral philosophy from both eastern and western traditions. And I argue that we evolved a moral sense as an adaptive mechanism for forming smarter, more efficient, more trustworthy alliances. The moral sense is also adaptive because it allows us to raise happier families, resulting in healthier and happier offspring. Show notes and transcription will be here: https://www.davidtianphd.com/happiness/values-virtues-vice-dating/ ***** For over a decade, David Tian, Ph.D., has helped hundreds of thousands of people from over 87 countries find happiness, success, and fulfillment in their social, professional, and love lives. His presentations - whether keynotes, seminars, or workshops - leave clients with insights into their behavior, psychology, and keys to their empowerment. His training methodologies are the result of over a decade of coaching, therapy, and education of thousands of students around the world. Join him on the "DTPHD Podcast" as he explores deep questions of meaning, success, truth, love, and the good life. Subscribe now. Connect with David Tian here: Website: https://www.davidtianphd.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davidtianphd DTPHD Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dtphdpodcast/ Man Up Show Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/manupcommunity/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAuraUniversity Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidtianphd/ Podcast: https://www.davidtianphd.com/dtphdpodcast Medium: https://medium.com/@davidtian Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidtianphd ***** Values, Virtues, Vice, and Dating: Ethics as the Missing Link to Love, Happiness, & the Good Life Show Notes 1:01 Why having your own set of values is important 6:26 This is what's wrong with the MGTOW, Red Pills, and Incels 10:53 Characteristics of a narcissist 16:50 This is why many millennials are screwed 21:31 What does emotional freedom feels like? 26:53 The human being's evolutionary advantage 34:11 The sin that overshadows all other deadly sins 44:03 What psychopaths are like when in relationships 50:00 The four cardinal virtues and why they matter 56:22 An introduction to the Confucian virtues 1:00:59 The crucial difference between knowledge and practice 1:05:18 How one can become evil without even realizing it 1:11:32 How artifice and the artificial can be good 1:16:25 This is how you become a better person 1:19:50 Understanding moral connoisseurship 1:25:11 How you develop connoisseurship 1:29:48 Why should you be good? 1:36:01 Why being virtuous is also good from an evolutionary perspective 1:39:45 What makes your life meaningful For transcriptions and more free resources, go here: https://www.davidtianphd.com/happiness/values-virtues-vice-dating/