What would it look like to take an optimistic view of human nature and imagine a harmonious society?

Drawing on the legacy of classical European thought, this book offers a philosophical study of harmony, happiness, and a good society. It's not hard to find examples of disharmony, especially in the field of politics and economics. However, W. Julian Korab-Karpowicz suggests that if we properly recognize our human nature and organize social life according to the principle of cooperation, embracing an epistemological and anthropological optimism, we can rethink the possibilities of human evolution and create the conditions for a just and happy society where everyone has the opportunity to flourish.

The book explores principles of a happy society that go beyond its formal democratic structure, including cooperation, justice, good laws, the wisdom of leaders, appropriate education, and the continuity of generations. These conditions can flourish in a good state, which protects and organizes society. Central to its concept of social harmony is the concept of social richness-the special composition of diversity and difference, in which we find mutual complementarity and moral virtue. Korab-Karpowicz argues that once we correctly identify human nature and organize our world according to the principle of cooperation, we can arrive at a world of social harmony.