<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> A persistent puzzle in mainstream contemporary moral philosophy is why people should strive to do good and to be good. It is difficult to understand the place of morality and practical rationality in constituting human nature once it is not describable purely in terms of the natural sciences. The Good proposes a hermeneutical naturalism that elucidates the ways that goodness can be a practical part of human nature.
