How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy

Edited by Massimo Pigliucci, Skye C. Cleary and Daniel A. Kaufman

Socrates famously said the 'unexamined life is not worth living', but what does it mean to truly live philosophically?

In this wide-ranging work, Massimo Pigliucci, Skye Cleary and Daniel Kaufman have collected essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to living an examined and meaningful life. From Eastern philosophies (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism) and classical Western philosophies (such as Aristotelianism and Stoicism), to the four major religions, as well as contemporary philosophies (such as existentialism and effective altruism), each contributor offers a lively, personal account of how they find meaning in the practice of their chosen philosophical tradition.

Together, the pieces in How to Live a Good Life provide not only a beginner’s guide to choosing a life philosophy, but also a timely portrait of what it means to live an examined life in the twenty-first century.