What is Good?

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The Search for the Best Way to Live

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A.C. Grayling

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"everything you needed to know to live like you think best. "

Review by Kate on 3rd February, 2012

A great book that takes you through a walk through history and philosophy looking at the various answers that people have come up with to answer ‘how should you live’, ‘what is important’ and ‘what is good’. A great read, and it will set you free by demonstrating how the proposed answers have been developed from the surrounding mileau of the time and place in history – just like your notions. So… the answer – make it up yourself!

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One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value - what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use to guide our behaviour. Most of us want to live a good life. But what, in today's secular society, does 'good' actually mean? To classical Greeks, the acquisition of knowledge, the enjoyment of the senses, creativity and beauty were all aspects of life to strive for. Then came the volcanic declarations of St Paul and his fundamentalist ideas on sin and human nature. In WHAT IS GOOD?, A.C. Grayling examines these and other proposals on how to live a good life, from the 'heroic' ideals of the Greek poets to Kant's theories on freedom and the UN Declaration on Human Rights.

Author Biography:

Anthony Grayling teaches philosophy at Birkbeck College, London and is a Fellow of St Anne's, Oxford. He reviews regularly in the Financial Times. He has a regular column in Prospect and the Guardian.

Release date Australia

October 3rd, 2007

Author

A.C. Grayling

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

288

Dimensions

133x198x23

ISBN-13

9780753817551

Product ID

1724995

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