A Decent Life Morality for the Rest of Us

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English | ISBN: 022660974X | 2019 | 232 pages | PDF | 834 KB
You’re probably never going to be a saint. Even so, let’s face it: you could be a better person. We all could. But what does that mean for you?

In a world full of suffering and deprivation, it’s easy to despair-and it’s also easy to judge ourselves for not doing more. Even if we gave away everything we own and devoted ourselves to good works, it wouldn’t solve all the world’s problems. It would make them better, though. So is that what we have to do? Is anything less a moral failure? Can we lead a fundamentally decent life without taking such drastic steps?
Todd May has answers. He’s not the sort of philosopher who tells us we have to be model citizens who display perfect ethics in every decision we make. He’s realistic: he understands that living up to ideals is a constant struggle. In
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