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Nonfiction Book Club

"How to Be Perfect" by Michael Schur

2024-09-21 15:00:00 2024-09-21 16:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Nonfiction Book Club Read and discuss new and notable nonfiction books. Drop-ins are welcome! Books available for pickup at the Sumner Library. Sumner - Sumner Meeting Room

Saturday, September 21
3:00pm - 4:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-21 15:00:00 2024-09-21 16:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Nonfiction Book Club Read and discuss new and notable nonfiction books. Drop-ins are welcome! Books available for pickup at the Sumner Library. Sumner - Sumner Meeting Room

Sumner

Sumner Meeting Room

Read and discuss new and notable nonfiction books. Drop-ins are welcome! Books available for pickup at the Sumner Library.

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

By Michael Schur

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 advice. Fortunately, many smart philosophers have been pondering this conundrum for millennia and they have guidance for us. With bright wit and deep insight, How to Be Perfect explains concepts like deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism, ubuntu, and more so we can sound cool at parties and become better people.

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. Such as: Can I still enjoy great art if it was created by terrible people? How much money should I give to charity? Why bother being good at all when there are no consequences for being bad? And much more. By the time the book is done, we’ll know exactly how to act in every conceivable situation, so as to produce a verifiably maximal amount of moral good. We will be perfect, and all our friends will be jealous.

OK, not quite. Instead, we’ll gain fresh, funny, inspiring wisdom on the toughest issues we face every day

--Baker & Taylor

AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Club |

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