How to Be Good

<p><b>What is goodness? Is goodness achievable and if so how? If being a good person is a matter of doing the right thing then what is the right thing to do? Is it acting rationally promoting happiness exercising moderation in all things or respecting the freedom of others or is it somehow a concoction of all these abilities wisely adjusted to suit circumstances? </b> <p/>In this instructive entertaining and often humorous book Gary Cox best-selling author of <i>How to Be an Existentialist</i> and <i>How to Be a Philosopher</i> investigates the phenomenon of goodness and what if anything it is to be a good person and a paragon of virtue. <p/>Part easygoing exploration of the age-old subject of moral philosophy part personal development and improvement manual <i>How to Be Good</i> carefully leads you on a fascinating journey through the often strange and surprising world of ethics with ideas from Aristotle Kant Nietzsche and a host of other moral philosophers.</p>