Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: A Decent Life Morality For The Rest Of Us
Author(s): May Todd
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226786346
Pages: 232 Pages, 1 Table
Publication Date: 5/7/2021
Category: Social & Political Philosophy