How to be perfect (with Michael Schur)
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Humans face ethical dilemmas big and small every day: Which product is the most sustainable? Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you really share your streaming platform passwords? Today\\u2019s guest, Michael Schur, has spent a lot of time thinking about morality, most recently in his Emmy-nominated show The Good Place, and in the New York Times bestselling book \\u201cHow to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question,\\u201d and. In this episode, Michael talks about why he\\u2019s gone from working on shows like Saturday Night Live, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Hacks, to reading and writing about Kant, Nietzsche, and Aristotle. Michael shares why he uses analogies and pop culture references to engage with philosophy, why he\\u2019s still chasing after the eternal and perhaps unanswerable question of \\u201chow to be perfect\\u201d, and why he believes caring about ethics \\u2013at any level\\u2013 can actually make a difference.
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