“美好生活”是人类追求的终极目标,那么什么是美好生活?显然不同社会对其具体内涵的理解存在差异。德尼·古莱教授认为,“维持生命、尊重和自由”是所有个人和社会都在追求的美好生活目标。美好生活必须通过发展“拥有”足够的物品,但物品富足并不等于美好生活。古莱从伦理学视角研究发展的思路及其观点,对于目前正在苦苦反思“发展为了什么”的中国社会来说,无疑具有重要的理论和现实意义。 “Good life ” is the ultimate goal pursued by mankind, then what is a good life? Apparently different societies have different understanding of their specific content. Professor Denny Guley believes that “life, respect and freedom” are the goal of a better life for which all individuals and communities are pursuing. A good life must develop enough “possession” of goods, but the wealth of goods does not mean a good life. Gulei’s thinking and viewpoint of researching and developing from the perspective of ethics have undoubtedly important theoretical and practical significance for the Chinese society who are currently struggling to reflect on “what is the development for”.