How to Be Perfect

By Michael Schur,

Book cover of How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

* From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever *

'An absolute breeze to read;…

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1 author picked How to Be Perfect as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Michael Schur is not a philosopher—he’s a comedian and the creator of the hit TV show The Good Place. Thus, since I am a professional philosopher, perhaps I’m supposed to be snide about the fact that Schur wrote a philosophy book. But I’m not. I really love the book, and I’ve recommended it to many friends who want a light and airy introduction to philosophy.

It’s funny and irreverent and does an impressive amount of really good philosophy. I laughed out loud while reading it, and even though I teach a lot of the fairly introductory material that Schur…

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