Philosophical theories of the good can be traced back to the time of Plato and Aristotle and have been discussed ever since. The question of goodness has many facets: What is the basic meaning of ‚good‘? What does really count in our lives? Which goods are ‚intrinsic', which are ‚ultimate‘? Is there something like an ‚absolute good‘ (a claim recently denied, e.g., by Richard Kraut)? How is the ‚moral good‘ related to the ‚prudential good‘? What constitutes the goodness of something: subjective taste or objective accuracy of fit? In this course, we will discuss texts by Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Kant, Nietzsche, G.E. Moore, and then turn to contemporary debates about the good. This course will be taught by the NSSR distinguished Visiting Heuss Professor Christoph Horn.