Europe, the very idea is a series on the philosophical notion of Europe and what reflection upon it can lend to the sphere of concrete politics.
Growing money. Flickr/Aaron Patterson. Some rights reserved.To live a good life is more than merely to survive. It is to flourish: to have the possibility to exercise the capacities that make us fully human - like the capacity to love and enjoy romantic or family life, the capacity to take part in a culture through music, or the arts. To have the time to relax, engage in leisure and if one so chooses, think about all the things that leading a good life truly entails. But what of the role that money plays in generating wellbeing and happiness? It gives us the freedom to engage in activities we value for both materialistic and non-materialistic reasons.
