Gary Cox

How to be Good (eBook, PDF)

or How to Be Moral and Virtuous in a Wicked World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

What is goodness? Is goodness achievable, and if so, how? If being a good person is a matter of doing the right thing, then what is the right thing to do? Is it acting rationally, promoting happiness, exercising moderation in all things or respecting the freedom of others, or is it somehow a concoction of all these abilities, wisely adjusted to suit circumstances?

In this instructive, entertaining and often humorous book, Gary Cox, best-selling author of How to Be an Existentialist and How to Be a Philosopher, investigates the phenomenon of goodness and what, if anything, it is to be a good person and a paragon of virtue.

Part easygoing exploration of the age-old subject of moral philosophy, part personal development and improvement manual, How to Be Good carefully leads you on a fascinating journey through the often strange and surprising world of ethics, with ideas from Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche and a host of other moral philosophers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350068377
• Artikelnr.: 58624488

Autorenporträt

Gary Cox has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments1. What is GoodnessGoodness and Being GoodGoodness and GodGoodness and Philosophy2. Achieving GoodnessGoodness and DeterminismGoodness and EgoismTheories of Goodness in GeneralGoodness and DutyGoodness and HappinessGoodness and the Golden MeanGoodness and Freedom3. The Reality of GoodnessMetaethicsMoral ObjectivismMoral SubjectivismBack to Moral Objectivism - Just a Little Moore4. Goodness at IssueThe Abortion IssueThe Animal Rights Issue5. Concluding Remarks - How to Be GoodBibliographyOther Media referencesIndex