The Virtues of Happiness: A Theory of the Good Life

by Paul Bloomfield

Book Overview

As children, we learn life is unfair: bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. So, it is natural to ask, "Why play fairly in an unfair world? If being immoral will get you what you want and you know you can't get caught, why not do it?" The answers, as argued herein, begin by rejecting the idea that morality and happiness are at odds with one another. From this point of view, we can see how immorality undermines its perpetrator's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190612002
• ISBN13: 9780190612009
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"