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In these 25 true stories, a widely published philosopher recounts
60 years of interaction with people in all walks of life – some
extremely famous, others complete strangers – from hospitals to
restaurants, concert halls to airplanes, in private conversations
and nationally broadcast interviews. Stories can be heartbreaking,
distracting, funny, shocking, inspiring, revealing, and sometimes
unforgettable – and all those attributes appear here. There’s
no substitute for learning what it’s like to be someone else, to
see the world as that other person does and reconsider our own
views in light of that learning. These compelling and accessible
stories motivate and enable us to do that, illuminating the
unexpected relationships among all domains of human concern, the
wellsprings of creativity, the elusive character of good judgment,
and the pathways to social justice. They help us see more clearly
what we care most about: deep features of human character and
difficult choices, of social structures, of the power of
imagination, of how to take account of the importance of what
cannot be counted, and of bogus boundaries and assumptions that can
repress clear thinking in any domain. These stories will make the
reader more powerful in service of those values.
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