TY - GEN N2 - What is good, how do we know, and how important is it? In this book, one of our most respected analytical philosophers reorients these questions around the notion of what causes human beings to flourish. Observing that we can sensibly address what is good for plants and animals no less than what is good for people, Kraut applies a general principle to the entire living world: what is good for complex organisms consists in the exercise of their natural powers. DO - 10.4159/9780674027084 DO - doi AB - What is good, how do we know, and how important is it? In this book, one of our most respected analytical philosophers reorients these questions around the notion of what causes human beings to flourish. Observing that we can sensibly address what is good for plants and animals no less than what is good for people, Kraut applies a general principle to the entire living world: what is good for complex organisms consists in the exercise of their natural powers. T1 - What Is Good and Why :The Ethics of Well-Being / AU - Kraut, Richard, JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 CN - BJ1401 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478238 KW - Good and evil. KW - Well-being. KW - Psychische Gesundheit KW - Wohlbefinden KW - Ethik KW - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. SN - 9780674027084 TI - What Is Good and Why :The Ethics of Well-Being / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674027084 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674027084 ER -