What is the Best Life?

This text aims to motivate students to read, understand and appreciate original philosophical thinking about morality. The book is divided into three parts: part one engages students in the questions and methods of philosophy; part two explicity places students concerns and the theories of philosophers into a common context; and part three engages students in a direct and critical appraisal of questions about life and morality. Included in parts two and three are readings that call for examination and synthesis. Early chapters are presented in a dialogue format, a teaching technique that explicates positions commonly held by students and arms them with the ability to critically appraise their own views and values.
 
This text aims to motivate students to read, understand and appreciate original philosophical thinking about morality. The book is divided into three parts: part one engages students in the questions and methods of philosophy; part two explicity places students concerns and the theories of philosophers into a common context; and part three engages students in a direct and critical appraisal of questions about life and morality. Included in parts two and three are readings that call for examination and synthesis. Early chapters are presented in a dialogue format, a teaching technique that explicates positions commonly held by students and arms them with the ability to critically appraise their own views and values.