Abstract: In the context of Marx and Engels, there is a clear internal logic connection between a good life and cultural rights and interests. A good life implies the realization of cultural rights and interests. As the necessary means of “the humanization of naturalness within the body”, cultural rights and interests are realistic paths to a better life. It can be seen from classic texts that taking the rights and interests of obtaining scientific and cultural knowledge, the rights and interests of enjoying spiritual and cultural achievements, and the rights and interests of creating spiritual and cultural products as the basic content, Marx and Engels deeply criticized capitalist societies for trampling on workers’ cultural rights and interests and then depriving workers of a good life. Taking the logic of cultural rights and interests of Marx and Engels about the construction of a better life as the internal basis, we should strive to build a high-quality education system to protect people’s rights and interests of obtaining scientific and cultural knowledge, provide high-quality public cultural services to ensure people’s rights and interests of enjoying spiritual and cultural achievements, and build a high-quality cultural industry structure to ensure people’s rights and interests of creating spiritual and cultural products. It has important practical guiding value for China today to promote the construction of a better life based on the protection and maintenance of people’s cultural rights and interests.