From the creator of The Good Place, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as good, but it's not always easy to determine what's "good" or "bad"-especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and booby traps and bad active. Fortunately, many smart philosophers have been pondering this conundrum for millennia, and they have guidance for us. Schur starts off with easy ethical questions like, Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason? (no) and works his way up to the most complex moral issues we all face. Can I still enjoy great art if it was created by terrible people? Why bother being good at all when there are no consequences for being bad? Am I allowed to break rules if I'm a good person, or if the rules are dumb? This book provides fresh, funny, inspiring wisdom on the toughest issues that confront us every day. Book jacket.
From the creator of The Good Place, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as good, but it's not always easy to determine what's "good" or "bad"-especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and booby traps and bad active. Fortunately, many smart philosophers have been pondering this conundrum for millennia, and they have guidance for us. Schur starts off with easy ethical questions like, Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason? (no) and works his way up to the most complex moral issues we all face. Can I still enjoy great art if it was created by terrible people? Why bother being good at all when there are no consequences for being bad? Am I allowed to break rules if I'm a good person, or if the rules are dumb? This book provides fresh, funny, inspiring wisdom on the toughest issues that confront us every day. Book jacket.