{"product_id":"the-art-of-living-well-paul-van-tongeren-9781350012875","title":"The Art of Living Well: Moral Experience and Virtue Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this first English translation of the prize-winning Dutch title \u003ci\u003eLeven is Een Kunst\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul van Tongeren creates a new kind of virtue ethics, one that centres on how to 'live well' in our contemporary world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile virtue ethics is based on the moral philosophy of Aristotle, it has had many interpretations and iterations throughout history and features prominently in the thinking of the Stoics, Christian narratives and the writings of Nietzsche. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Living Well\u003c\/i\u003e explores and expands upon these traditions, using them as a basis to form a new interpretation; one that foregrounds art and creativity as paramount to the struggle to act in an authentic and moral way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eActing as both a clear introduction to virtue ethics and moral philosophy and a serious work of original philosophy, this book connects philosophy with real lived experience and tackles, head-on, the perennial philosophical question: 'how do we live well?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Van Tongeren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350012874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350012875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Paul Van Tongeren","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088083431679,"sku":"9781350012875","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b1cf78e-b791-4622-8350-dcad5b5ea367.jpg?v=1769103015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-living-well-paul-van-tongeren-9781350012875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}