Six Myths about the Good Life focuses on the values that are worth aiming for in our lives, a topic central to what has been called Philosophy of Life. We all have ideas about the good life. We think that pleasure makes life better. We want to be happy. We think that achievements make a difference. There is something to all these ideas, but if taken simply and generally they all miss out on something. Six Myths about the Good Life explores what they miss and, in the process, gives a sense of what a good life can be.
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"Six Myths is a consistently clear and engaging book." -- Charles Guignon, University of South Florida
"This is the best introduction to philosophical accounts of the good life available. . . . A modern classic." --Philip J. Ivanhoe, Boston University
"This is the best introduction to philosophical accounts of the good life available. . . . A modern classic." --Philip J. Ivanhoe, Boston University
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Joel J. Kupperman is Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut.
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I was looking for a text on virtue ethics to have my high school philosophy students read and stumbled upon this. I was also reading and thinking about Borgmann's work on excellence and focal practices and Csikszentmihalyi's work on flow. This brings together the best work from psychology and eastern and western views on the good. The text is the best middle-road philosophy text I've ever come across. The arguments are precise and detailed which take it above the scale of non-philosophical book, but they are clear and concise which also keep the text in the real of non-philosophers. It allows the arguments to work their way deep into your thinking, and I can honestly say that the text has formed a permanent part of my worldview. Given how broad the topic, its effects are far-reaching.
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When I first began embarking upon research on hedonism, I decided to pick this book up in order to look at a differing viewpoint. However, after the first chapter I was disillusioned. Kupperman's presentation of hedonism is hopelessly vague and in some cases just plain wrong. The arguments he presents are weak and not well thought out.
The rest of the book is more of the same. It may be a decent book for the beginner looking for a general background in value theory/axiology, but if you are actually interested in argumentation-LOOK ELSEWHERE!!!
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Most of us in our unreflective moods think of the good life-the one that would feel like a reward-as being extremely comfortable and pleasant. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hedonic treadmill, genuine virtue, philosophical therapy, extreme happiness, skilled activities, desirable life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Most of us in our unreflective moods think of the good life-the one that would feel like a reward-as being extremely comfortable and pleasant. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
hedonic treadmill, genuine virtue, philosophical therapy, extreme happiness, skilled activities, desirable life Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Mark Twain, Analects of Confucius, Cook Ting, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, Michael Argyle, Arthur Waley, Guilford Press, Oxford University Press, Second Edition, Terence Irwin, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Vintage Books, Winston Churchill, World War New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Surprise Me!
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- The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain on page 93, page 110, and Back Matter
- Fear and Trembling (Penguin Classics) by Soren Kierkegaard on page 40, page 41, and Back Matter
- Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on page 5, page 15, and Back Matter
- Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neel on page 88, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Handbook of Emotions, Second Edition by Michael Lewis Phd on page 32, page 92, and Back Matter
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