Enjoyment

John Kekes examines the indispensable role enjoyment plays in a good life. The key to it is developing a style of life that combines an attitude and a manner of living and acting that jointly express one's deepest concerns. Kekes reorients moral thought toward a reasonable but pluralistic reflection on what we can do to make our lives better.

six chapters are the heart of the book, and the clearest and fullest vindication of its methodology of reflection on historical or literary biographies. They are written in a clear and distinctively individual style and voice; they have a clear and straightforward narrative drive - there is subtlety here, but no over-complication; above all, they are a pleasure to read. ... John Kekes has, once more, succeeded admirably

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John Kekes has been Research Professor at the State University of New York and Visiting Professor in Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Portugal, and Singapore. He has received Fellowships from the Canada Council, the State University of New York, and the Woodrow Wilson, Rockefeller, and Earhart Foundations. He is the author of fifteen books and many articles on moral and political thought.