Why it's OK to mind your own business / Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tosi, Justin, author.

Warmke, Brandon, author.

Contributor:

Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

Series:

Why it's OK

Why it's OK : the ethics and aesthetics of how we live

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--Social aspects.

Ethics.

Quality of life--Philosophy.

Quality of life.

ethics (philosophy).

Physical Description:

172 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2023.

New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Summary:

Every year, millions of students in the United States and around the world graduate from high school and college. Commencement speakers--often distilling the hopes of parents and four years of messaging from educators--tell graduates that they must do something grand, ambitious, or far-reaching. Change the world. Disrupt the status quo. Every problem in the world is your problem, awaiting your solutions. This book is an antidote to that advice. It provides a clear-eyed assessment of three types of people who tend to believe and promote a commencement speaker's view of the world: the moralizer, who imposes unnecessary social costs by inappropriately enforcing morality; the busybody, who thinks the stranger and close friend merit equal shares of our benevolent attention; and the pure hearted, who equates acting with good intentions with just outcomes. The book also provides a bold defense of living an ordinary life by putting down roots, creating a good home, and living in solitude. A quiet, peaceful life can be generous and noble. It's OK to mind your own business.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780367141745

0367141744

9780367141738

0367141736

OCLC:

1380687070

Publisher Number:

99996045176