Suggested Readings

Woman with wax tablets and stylus (so-called "Sappho"), Naples Archeological Museum

The know-how of virtue. How can we be good people who do things for the right reason, when we very often confabulate a good reason for our behavior after the fact? Imagine, for example, that I do not give money to a person in need on the street, and instead rush home. But then, later on, my friend mentions seeing the person who needed help and I express that I saw them too. Then they ask me, ‘why didn’t you help t...