Human Goodness

副标题: Pragmatic Variations on Platonic Themes

ISBN: 9780521863841

作者: Paul Schollmeier

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 2006-10-02

页数: 320

定价: USD 94.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Human Goodness, first published in 2006, presents an original, pragmatic moral theory that successfully revives and revitalizes the classical Greek concept of happiness. It also includes in-depth discussions of our freedoms, our obligations, and our virtues, as well as adroit comparisons with the moral theories of Kant and Hume. Paul Schollmeier explains that the Greeks define happiness as an activity that we may perform for its own sake. Obvious examples might include telling stories, making music, or dancing. He then demonstrates that we may use the pragmatic method to discover and to define innumerable activities of this kind. Schollmeier's demonstration rests on the modest assumption that our happiness takes not one ideal form, but many empirical forms.