Learning to Flourish: Oxford Vivarium 2022 - Interview with Flynn Cratty (The Crimson)

February 25, 2022

The Human Flourishing Program's OXFORD VIVARIUM has been covered by The Crimson

Exceprts from the article: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/2/24/human-flourishing-vivarium/

This summer's Oxford Vivarium is part of the broader Human Flourishing Program at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science. Established in 2016 by Tyler J. VanderWeele, the program aims to “study and promote human flourishing, and to develop systematic approaches to the synthesis of knowledge across disciplines.”

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Students selected as Human Flourishing Fellows will participate in biweekly group discussions this spring before heading off to Oxford.

Associate Director Flynn J. Cratty says the idea of human flourishing has shown up in a variety of cultures and beliefs, from the Greek philosophy of eudaimonia, or the condition of living well, to the Hebrew shalom, a word which can mean harmony or completeness.

“We talk about flourishing as a state in which every aspect of your life is going well,” Cratty says. “That isn’t something any of us ever experienced perfectly in the here and now, but it’s not just that your physical or mental health is good, but also that you’re building character, that you have deep and satisfying relationships, a sense of purpose in life.”

Cratty said the program seeks to answer questions such as “What [does] a good life look like? What kind of relationships should we be cultivating? What does it look like to promote virtue or seek truth?”

Learn more about Oxford Vivarium under this link

https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/oxford-vivarium-summer-2022