The Best Things in Life

出版者:Oxford University Press, USA

作者:Thomas Hurka

页数:208

出版时间:2010-12-17

价格:USD 18.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780195331424

具体描述

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?

作者简介

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。

读后感

人生是一门学问 ——我读《生命中最好的事物》 文蠹鱼 想要过上自己想要的生活吗？那就创造它！“你决定它的内容和轮廓，而不是让他的内容和轮廓被强加给你”，这是一个自主选择的权利，你会自己成就自己，你所过的一生，终是你自己决定的一生。 “柏拉图和亚里士多德认为知...  

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人生的指引 评《生命中最好的事物》 我们每个人在成长的路途上都会有期待梦想，或者忧虑彷徨，这个时候寻找一些哲学上的慰藉应该是一个不错的主意。毕竟在乱花渐欲迷人眼的世界中，我们不可能一直把持一个原则走完一辈子的路途，而经常停下来思考一下人生也是一次不错的休息。...  

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I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.

I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.

I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.

I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.

I think it's just me... not good at reading academic philosophy book.