A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life?
One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out what we value -
what principles we want to live by and which codes we will use to guide our beh
aviour. Most of us want to live a good life.
But what, in today's secular soc
iety, does 'good' actually mean? To classical Greeks, the acquisition of knowled
ge, the enjoyment of the senses, creativity and beauty were all aspects of life
to strive for. Then came the volcanic declarations of St Paul and his fundamenta
list ideas on sin and human nature. In WHAT IS GOOD?, A.C. Grayling examines the
se and other proposals on how to live a good life, from the 'heroic' ideals of t
he Greek poets to Kant's theories on freedom and the UN Declaration on Human Rig
hts.
