The Grasshopper, Aristotle, Bob Adams, and Me

Abstract

In this paper, I explore the nature of the ideal human life, by asking what we will do in Utopia. I take issue with Suits’s suggestion in The Grasshopper that all we will do is play games. I argue, instead, that there will also be a place for understanding fundamental truths and admiring beauty. Nor must it be the case that our “productive” behavior is limited to playing games: there will still be room for acts of creativity and for engaging in meaningful relationships with others.