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For centuries, philosophers, theologians, moralists, and ordinary people have asked: How should we live? What makes for a good life? In The Best Things in Life, distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us now in the 21st century. Should we value family over career? How do we balance self-interest and serving others? What activities bring us the most joy? While religion, literature, popular psychology, and everyday wisdom all grapple with these questions, philosophy more than anything else uses the tools of reason to make important distinctions, cut away irrelevancies, and distill these issues down to their essentials. Hurka argues that if we are to live a good life, one thing we need to know is which activities and experiences will most likely lead us to happiness and which will keep us from it, while also reminding us that happiness isn't the only thing that makes life good. Hurka explores many topics: four types of good feeling (and the limits of good feeling); how we can improve our baseline level of happiness (making more money, it turns out, isn't the answer); which kinds of knowledge are most worth having; the importance of achieving worthwhile goals; the value of love and friendship; and much more. Unlike many philosophers, he stresses that there isn't just one good in life but many: pleasure, as Epicurus argued, is indeed one, but knowledge, as Socrates contended, is another, as is achievement. And while the great philosophers can help us understand what matters most in life, Hurka shows that we must ultimately decide for ourselves. This delightfully accessible book offers timely guidance on answering the most important question any of us will ever ask: How do we live a good life?
托马斯•霍尔卡(Thomas Hurka),牛津大学哲学博士,多伦多大学哲学研究所所长,该校名誉校长,加拿大皇家协会成员,当代最具影响力的哲学家之一。著有一系列的著作,包括《美德、不道德和价值》《原则:伦理随笔》和《完美主义》等。从1989年到1992年,曾为多伦多的《环球邮报》撰写每周的伦理专栏文章。
I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.
评分I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.
评分I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.
评分I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.
评分I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.
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The Best Things in Life pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024