No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done Quotes

“The absurdity impediment is what’s at play whenever we fail to notice a situation’s moral significance on account of there being a strong element of absurdity involved. The Agatha Christie Book Club War is a perfect example: It’s dangerously easy to laugh and call it ridiculous when previously friendly neighbors suddenly hate each other because they can’t agree about whether every book written by Agatha Christie should qualify for the label of “Agatha Christie book.” You might chortle and roll your eyes and say, “Oh, come on, you must be kidding!” and in doing so, you convince yourself there’s nothing important here to notice. As a wise person once said (I can’t remember who, sorry), “There’s no view from nowhere.”
― Sophie Hannah, No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done