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The time of our lives; the ethics of common sense / Mortimer J. Adler

By: Adler, Mortimer J [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Fordham University Press, Fordham University Press, 1996Description: xvi, 361 pages : 22 cmISBN: 0823216705Subject(s): ETHICS | COMMON SENSELOC classification: BJ 1012 .A3 1996

Contents:

Part one : the common-sense approach to the problem of making a good life for one's self -- Introduction -- How can I make a good life for myself? -- The accidents of fortune and the need to earn a living -- The disposition of one's time -- The five parts of life -- What should one do about earning a living? -- Why strength of character is needed to lead a good life -- Part two : defending common sense against the objections of the philosophers -- The philosophical objections stated -- The end we seek can be ultimate without being terminal -- The significance of the distinction between real and apparent goods -- The obligation to make a good life for one's self -- Relativity to individual and cultural differences -- Oughts can be true -- Real goods make natural rights -- Part three : the ethics of common sense -- The common-sense view philosophically developed: a teleological ethics -- Obligations to self and to others: individual and common goods -- Presuppositions about human nature -- The only moral philosophy that is sound, practical, and undogmatic -- Part four : the present situation in which we find ourselves -- Are there criteria by which we can judge our century and our society? -- Is this a good time to be alive? -- Is ours a good society to be alive in? -- The moral and educational revolution that is needed -- A concluding word about the critics of our century and our society.

Summary: Adler lays the groundwork for a common-sense approach to the problem of making a good life and of evaluating that life in reference to the merits of our present society.

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Includes references and index.

Part one : the common-sense approach to the problem of making a good life for one's self --
Introduction --
How can I make a good life for myself? --
The accidents of fortune and the need to earn a living --
The disposition of one's time --
The five parts of life --
What should one do about earning a living? --
Why strength of character is needed to lead a good life --
Part two : defending common sense against the objections of the philosophers --
The philosophical objections stated --
The end we seek can be ultimate without being terminal --
The significance of the distinction between real and apparent goods --
The obligation to make a good life for one's self --
Relativity to individual and cultural differences --
Oughts can be true --
Real goods make natural rights --
Part three : the ethics of common sense --
The common-sense view philosophically developed: a teleological ethics --
Obligations to self and to others: individual and common goods --
Presuppositions about human nature --
The only moral philosophy that is sound, practical, and undogmatic --
Part four : the present situation in which we find ourselves --
Are there criteria by which we can judge our century and our society? --
Is this a good time to be alive? --
Is ours a good society to be alive in? --
The moral and educational revolution that is needed --
A concluding word about the critics of our century and our society.

Adler lays the groundwork for a common-sense approach to the problem of making a good life and of evaluating that life in reference to the merits of our present society.

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