SECOND MOUNTAIN: The Quest for A Moral Life
Author: David Brooks
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 346
By the bestselling author of The Social Animal, this book argues that we won't find satisfaction until we commit to a cause or community. Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you or others? About success, or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting. This is the second mountain. What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral cause? To forget about independence and discover dependence - to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships? What does it mean to value intimacy, devotion, responsibility and commitment above individual freedom? Brooks explores the four commitments that most commonly move us there: family, vocation, philosophy and community. A steering guide to escaping the prison of self.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 346
By the bestselling author of The Social Animal, this book argues that we won't find satisfaction until we commit to a cause or community. Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you or others? About success, or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting. This is the second mountain. What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral cause? To forget about independence and discover dependence - to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships? What does it mean to value intimacy, devotion, responsibility and commitment above individual freedom? Brooks explores the four commitments that most commonly move us there: family, vocation, philosophy and community. A steering guide to escaping the prison of self.
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Author: David Brooks
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 346
By the bestselling author of The Social Animal, this book argues that we won't find satisfaction until we commit to a cause or community. Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you or others? About success, or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting. This is the second mountain. What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral cause? To forget about independence and discover dependence - to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships? What does it mean to value intimacy, devotion, responsibility and commitment above individual freedom? Brooks explores the four commitments that most commonly move us there: family, vocation, philosophy and community. A steering guide to escaping the prison of self.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 346
By the bestselling author of The Social Animal, this book argues that we won't find satisfaction until we commit to a cause or community. Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you or others? About success, or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting. This is the second mountain. What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral cause? To forget about independence and discover dependence - to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships? What does it mean to value intimacy, devotion, responsibility and commitment above individual freedom? Brooks explores the four commitments that most commonly move us there: family, vocation, philosophy and community. A steering guide to escaping the prison of self.
SECOND MOUNTAIN: The Quest for A Moral Life