Perennial Wisdom

The Decent Life with Todd May

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In this episode of In Search of Wisdom, my guest is Todd May, author of A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us. Todd is a philosopher and author of eighteen books, including A Significant Life, A Fragile Life, and a forthcoming book titled Should We Go Instinct?. Todd worked as a philosophical advisor on the hit show The Good Place and has written extensively on meaning, friendship, fragility, and other topics.


Key Takeaways:

  • The meaning of a moral life
  • The art of knowing oneself
  • Expanding our circles of compassion
  • Practical wisdom for modern living


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