The quality of life : Aristotle revised / Richard Kraut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraut, Richard, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Aristotle--Influence.

Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation.

Quality of life--Philosophy.

Quality of life.

Well-being--Philosophy.

Well-being.

Life in literature.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 249 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Aristotle revised

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This work 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 what well-being consists in. A good internal life comprises, in part, pleasure but far more valuable is the quality of our emotional, intellectual, social, and perceptual experiences.

Contents:

The oyster and the Experience Machine: two puzzles in value theory

Well-being and ethical virtue

Experientialism and the Experience Machine

Well-being and time

Variations on Aristotelian themes.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-256396-3

0-19-186716-0

0-19-256395-5