noun
1.
a. : a life lived in accordance with certain moral laws : a life of virtue
most men will not attain the good life, and … for them it is necessary to institute the laws — Walter Lippmann
felt most sincerely that they were trying to lead the good life — A.A.Cohen
b. : a life characterized by or tending toward the harmonious rounded many-sided cultural and material development of the individual : a life promoting individual self-realization
editing a magazine is a form of the good life; it is creating when the world is destroying — Time
preparing for … the good life, through one or two years of liberal studies at the graduate level — Science
never … confused the good life with an efficient economy — Sidney Hook
2. : a life marked by a high standard of living : a life of material well-being
a tidy home, a new car, a television set … these are the measures of the good life for millions — A.H.Raskin