The Quality of Life: Aristotle Revised

by Richard Kraut

Book Overview

The Quality of Life: Aristotle Revised 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198828845
• ISBN13: 9780198828846
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"