The Best Things in Life : A Guide to What Really Matters / Thomas Hurka.
"In 'The Best Things in Life', distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us now in the 21st century. Should we value family over career? How do we balance self-interest and serving others? What activities bring us the most...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011, ©2011.
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| Series: | Philosophy in action.
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| Summary: | "In 'The Best Things in Life', distinguished philosopher Thomas Hurka takes a fresh look at these perennial questions as they arise for us now in the 21st century. Should we value family over career? How do we balance self-interest and serving others? What activities bring us the most joy? While religion, literature, popular psychology, and everyday wisdom all grapple with these questions, philosophy more than anything else uses the tools of reason to make important distinctions ..."--Dust jacket flap. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195331424 0195331427 |