ISBN:
9780191867163
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Oxford Scholarship Online
DDC:
306
Abstract:
This work presents a philosophical theory about the constituents of human well-being. The principal idea is that what Aristotle calls 'external goods' - wealth, reputation, power - have at most an indirect bearing on the quality of our lives. Starting with Aristotle's thoughts about this topic, Kraut increasingly modifies (and occasionally rejects) that stance. He argues that the way in which we experience the world is what well-being consists in. A good internal life comprises, in part, pleasure but far more valuable is the quality of our emotional, intellectual, social, and perceptual experiences.
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198828846.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198828846.001.0001
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