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A Decent Life - Morality for the Rest of Us (Hardcover)
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You're probably never going to be a saint. Even so, let's face it:
you could be a better person. We all could. But what does that mean
for you? In a world full of suffering and deprivation, it's easy to
despair--and it's also easy to judge ourselves for not doing more.
Even if we gave away everything we own and devoted ourselves to
good works, it wouldn't solve all the world's problems. It would
make them better, though. So is that what we have to do? Is
anything less a moral failure? Can we lead a fundamentally decent
life without taking such drastic steps? Todd May has answers. He's
not the sort of philosopher who tells us we have to be model
citizens who display perfect ethics in every decision we make. He's
realistic: he understands that living up to ideals is a constant
struggle. In A Decent Life, May leads readers through the
traditional philosophical bases of a number of arguments about what
ethics asks of us, then he develops a more reasonable and
achievable way of thinking about them, one that shows us how we can
use philosophical insights to participate in the complicated world
around us. He explores how we should approach the many
relationships in our lives--with friends, family, animals, people
in need--through the use of a more forgiving, if no less
fundamentally serious, moral compass. With humor, insight, and a
lively and accessible style, May opens a discussion about how we
can, realistically, lead the good life that we aspire to. A
philosophy of goodness that leaves it all but unattainable is
ultimately self-defeating. Instead, Todd May stands at the
forefront of a new wave of philosophy that sensibly reframes our
morals and redefines what it means to live a decent life.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2019 |
Authors: |
Todd. May
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
232 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-60974-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
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Books >
Philosophy >
General
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LSN: |
0-226-60974-X |
Barcode: |
9780226609744 |
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