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The Good Life and the Moral Life

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The good-life question — what benefits the one living it — and the moral-life question — what each person owes others — are distinct questions that meet but never merge.

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A ruthless tycoon may prosper; a whistleblower may pay dearly. Naming who lived well and who lived rightly takes both vocabularies.