Understanding Human Goods

Ambitious and surely worthy, and Chappell's conclusions will appeal to many Chappell's book gives an original and highly plausible approach to normative ethics. It deserves to be taken seriously by professionals in moral philosophy. Philosophers dealing with the problem of evil could also learn much from it. -- Harry J Gensler A serious contribution to moral philosophy. I am most impressed by Chappell's originality andargumentative clarity. -- Stephen Priest Chappell's book gives an original and highly plausible approach to normative ethics. It deserves to be taken seriously by professionals in moral philosophy. Philosophers dealing with the problem of evil could also learn much from it An ambitious, dense and complex promulgation of a pluralist Aristotelian naturalism founded upon the alleged 'basic goods' of any possible (flourishing) human life. Ambitious and surely worthy, and Chappell's conclusions will appeal to many Chappell's book gives an original and highly plausible approach to normative ethics. It deserves to be taken seriously by professionals in moral philosophy. Philosophers dealing with the problem of evil could also learn much from it. A serious contribution to moral philosophy. I am most impressed by Chappell's originality andargumentative clarity. Chappell's book gives an original and highly plausible approach to normative ethics. It deserves to be taken seriously by professionals in moral philosophy. Philosophers dealing with the problem of evil could also learn much from it An ambitious, dense and complex promulgation of a pluralist Aristotelian naturalism founded upon the alleged 'basic goods' of any possible (flourishing) human life.

T. D. J. Chappell