The Good Life
What is "the good life"? This is one of the oldest philosophical questions. It has been posed in different ways.
How should one live? What does it mean to "live well"?
These are really just the same question.
But the question isn’t as simple as it sounds. Philosophers specialize in unpacking hidden complexities, and the concept of the good life is one of those that needs quite a bit of unpacking.
Everyone wants to live well, and no one wants "the bad life."
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