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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.
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. What is Goodness
Goodness and Being Good
Goodness and God
Goodness and Philosophy
2. Achieving Goodness
Goodness and Determinism
Goodness and Egoism
Theories of Goodness in General
Goodness and Duty
Goodness and Happiness
Goodness and the Golden Mean
Goodness and Freedom
3. The Reality of Goodness
Metaethics
Moral Objectivism
Moral Subjectivism
Back to Moral Objectivism - Just a Little Moore
4. Goodness at Issue
The Abortion Issue
The Animal Rights Issue
5. Concluding Remarks - How to Be Good
Bibliography
Other Media references
Index