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Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics by Simon Blackburn

chairmanbernanke's review

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3.0

A fair introduction

0liviaaaa's review

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informative lighthearted medium-paced

millospollonia's review

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challenging informative fast-paced

2.5

miskeenadin's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

aaronchance25's review

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2.0

Some interesting points were made, but throughout the book, I failed to see who would necessarily benefit from reading this. It does not seem like a good introduction to ethics.

discoinferno's review

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

mctjes's review

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.25

viccocha's review

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challenging slow-paced

3.5

giantarms's review

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3.0

Gee, this book had a lot of words in it. I read them all. I think I wasn't in the mood because most of it went without much notice. I did enjoy the pictures, though I had no a-ha moments. Oh well. It's all right. I've been trying to convince people you don't need a book to tell you how to be good, anyway.

abidoodle's review

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

1.5

While he makes some good points, I didn’t love this book. I am not a philosopher, and that kind of abstract thinking really goes over my head and doesn’t interest me much, so I wouldn’t recommend this book unless you enjoy very philosophical discussion. It felt very circular, like there was no real point to the book or main argument the author was trying to make, and I found myself apathetic to a lot of his arguments purely because I couldn’t fully grasp or understand them. I would kind of consider it a waste of time, and wouldn’t encourage anyone to read it unless they have a particular interest in philosophical reasoning.