{"product_id":"the-good-life-charles-siegel-9781941667125","title":"The Good Life: What We Still Know After the Modern Age","description":"The main tradition of classical philosophy had a clear idea of the good life, based on human flourishing. Modern philosophers rejected this tradition because they believed in the logical principle that we cannot derive ought-statements from is-statements, which makes it impossible to base ethics on human nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book shows that this logical principle is false. You can derive ought-statements from teleological is-statements, statements about function, goal, or purpose. \u003cp\u003ePhilosophers rejected classical ethics not because of a logical problem but because they rejected Aristotle's teleological view of nature. In the seventeenth century, philosophers accepted the new physics, which explained nature on the basis of mechanical causes, not of goals. If nature is not teleological, then it is impossible to base ethics on human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut we still think teleologically about human nature when we base our idea of health on the proper functioning of our basic physical capabilities. Likewise, by basing the idea of arete on the proper functioning of all our capabilities, we can develop a version of classical ethics that is still convincing after the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Siegel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941667120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941667125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.25d","brand":"Charles Siegel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241578213631,"sku":"9781941667125","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_459a8835-4de0-43a1-bc75-0b62e7a802ae.jpg?v=1772655090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-good-life-charles-siegel-9781941667125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}