Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids

An NPR Best Book of 2022 * One of Christian Science Monitor's 10 best books of May“This amazing new book .

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takes us on a journey through classic and contemporary philosophy powered by questions like ‘What do we have the right to do? When is it okay to do this or that?’ They explore punishment and authority and sex and gender and race and the nature of truth and knowledge and the existence of God and the meaning of life and Scott just does an incredible job.” —Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic Some of the best philosophers in the world gather in surprising places—preschools and playgrounds.

They debate questions about metaphysics and morality, even though they’ve never heard those words and can’t tie their shoes.

They’re kids.

And as University of Michigan professor of philosophy and law Scott Hershovitz shows, they can help grown-ups solve some of life’s greatest mysteries.