With clarity of thought and philosophical rigour, A.C. Grayling provides a valuable guide through mankinds ethical struggle to live decently. Focusing on two very different conceptions, he examines the different ways to live a good life, as proposed from classical antiquity to the recent present. Paperback , 288 pages Published February 5th 2004 by Phoenix (an Imprint of the Orion Publishing Group (first published 2003)