How to Be Good: Or How to Be Moral and Virtuous in a Wicked World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350154599)

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.

Author: Gary Cox
ISBN-10: 1350154598
ISBN-13: 9781350154599
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2020
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2021