On the Difference between Life as “Good” and the Good Life

On the Difference between Life as “Good” and the Good Life

Topic:Philosophy
Posted on:Feb 04 2017
Captured by:Flint M
Method:Dictation

The good life is concept contemplated by philosophers around the world and across the centuries. What constitutes the good life? In most cases, philosophers think about this life against the context of its impact on something or someone. The good man is good to those around him, i.e., “the good life is experienced by the good man, which is expressed by the good he bestows on others.” Clearly, this is not the only view.  But I think it’s important to consider the possibility that the good life cannot be understood apart from what it means to say that life is good. Now these two concepts may appear at first to be identical but the first may inadvertently position life as a means of achieving good while the second may recognize life itself as the potential expression of good. 

 

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