Against
Our Better Nature: Why Good People Do Bad Things
When discussing
morality, people typically focus on the big questions and ignore
the decisions we make at nearly every moment of our lives. We
are not often asked to choose between a baby's life and an animal,
whether to cheat on a loved one or betray a friend, but we are
constantly bombarded by opportunities to act either ethically
or merely self-serving.
The stories
in this collection are more concerned with the everyday events
which try our values, the choices we are faced with on a daily
basis which are not featured in Hollywood movies or famous novels,
but nonetheless prove to exercise our ethical selves. Like anyone
else, these characters are confronted by moral choices even as
they are torn between following their own selfish desires or the
urge to perform an altruistic act. As diverse as the people who
make up our world, the characters ask themselves if they should
cheat on their spouse, steal money or goods, lie to a friend,
think only about themselves, or give others the benefit of the
doubt.
Follow along
as people you recognize are faced with choosing between good and
evil. That most essential human exercise of our moral selves defines
whether we are merely slaves to another's rules or sociopaths
who heed none.
|