21st Century political thinking and eudaimonia

Happiness is treated as a concept based on Aristotle’s eudaimonia with additions by other philosophers, like Socrates, Plata, Spinozaand applied to present-day political developments.The case study analyzes two speeches by world leaders: Germany’s Angela Merkel at a press conference following a visit to a refugee camp, pledging acceptance of a large number of refugees, and Donald Trump during his electoral campaign, proposing an immigrant-containing wall at the US-Mexico border.The research questions are: what is the relationship between Aristotelian happiness and nobleness of character? Are there significant contributions from other philosophers? How does Merkel’s speech on refugee acceptance approach eudaimonia? How does Donald Trump’s discourse on the Mexican border wall relate with happiness? So, the research purpose is to contribute, through studying concepts by Aristotle and other philosophers plus academic papers published between 2016 and 2018, to further the understanding of eudaimonia in 21st century politics.