Be Good How to Navigate the Ethics of Everything

Description

The New York Times Magazine's original Ethicist Randy Cohen helps readers locate their own internal ethical compasses as he delivers answers to life's most challenging dilemmas--timeless and contemporary alike. Organized thematically in an easy-to-navigate Q&A format, and featuring line illustrations throughout, this amusing and engaging book challenges readers to think about how they would (or should) respond when faced with everyday moral challenges, from sex and love to religion, technology, and much more. Sure to ignite brain cells and spark healthy debate, Be Good is a book to refer to again and again.

Randy Cohen established himself as the author of the popular The Ethicist column in the New York Times Magazine, which he wrote for twelve years. He has appeared regularly on NPR, and is host of the radio series Person Place Thing. He lives in New York City.

What struck me most was his claim that, despite our quickly changing world of social media and altered interpersonal communications, ethics themselves have not changed much over time. Etiquette changes; social mores shift. But whether you're a Googler or a gladiator, the basic line stays the same: When in doubt about how to act, be good. We all know (pretty much) what that means. - Oprah.com What [Cohen] has created is a set of practice problems meant to test and strengthen the reader's own ethical compass. - Publisher's Weekly While there's plenty of common-sense inside this book, there's also lots to ponder about right and wrong. - Alaska Journal