Michael Schur
Autor de How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
Sobre El Autor
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Obras de Michael Schur
The Good Place: Season Three — Creator — 19 copias
Black Mirror: Season 3 — Screenwriter — 10 copias
Mondays, Am I Right? 1 copia
Nosedive [2016 Black Mirror TV episode] — Screenwriter — 1 copia
Everything is Fine — Creator, Writer — 1 copia
Perfect: de handleiding 1 copia
Jason Mendoza 1 copia
Tahani Al-Jamil 1 copia
Whenever You're Ready 1 copia
You've Changed, Man 1 copia
A Girl from Arizona, Pt. 1 1 copia
The Funeral to End All Funerals 1 copia
What We Owe To Each Other 1 copia
A Chip Driver Mystery 1 copia
Employee of the Bearimy 1 copia
Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy 1 copia
Chillaxing 1 copia
A Girl from Arizona, Pt. 2 1 copia
Help Is Other People 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Schur, Michael Herbert
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1975-10-29
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Agente
- Richard Abate (3 Arts)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 30
- También por
- 3
- Miembros
- 668
- Popularidad
- #37,771
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 35
- ISBNs
- 17
- Idiomas
- 2
The approach here is simple and casual, taking ideas from people who wrote huge, dense, largely unreadable tomes, paring them down to some of their basics, and seeing what seems useful for us ordinary schmoes as we try to navigate this stupid and complicated thing called life without being complete jerks. Shur sees some merit in almost all of the philosophies he considers (Ayn Rand aside) and seems to regard them all as possible tools to pick and choose from in whatever situations they seem most appropriate in. His writing is clear, breezy, humorous, and pleasant, and much more interested in mulling over the questions than trying to dictate any hard and fast answers. I don't think I agreed one hundred percent with all his personal takes, but I find his approach in general very simpatico.
It's worth pointing out, by the way, just in case it's not clear, that the title is very tongue in cheek. This book will not only not teach you how to be perfect and get the answer to every moral question right, it's not even remotely going to try, because Shur recognizes that that's completely impossible, and not really the point, anyway.
Also worth noting is that although he does reference characters and ideas from The Good Place, because that show embodied a lot of the ideas he's discussing here, you don't need to have seen it to read the book. He also manages not to spoil anything from it, either, in case you want to go and watch it afterward. Fans of the show, though, will probably find it especially interesting and a nice little add-on to their viewing experience. If nothing else, having read the sections on Kant, I now completely understand why Chidi has a stomachache all the time.… (más)