How to be perfect (with Michael Schur)

How to Be a Better Human

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The book is intended to be a journey through the history of moral philosophy and ethics as i come to understand it from working on the show the good place and from just my own reading. My single biggest fear was that any one would think that i was seriously presenting myself as the exemplar of morality or ethical behavior. It's one of the only books i've ever read where i took quotes and wrote down quotes, both from kant and from the insane clown posse to be like wile asico. What i want to remember a ha, ha, ha,. ha, ha," he says.

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’s 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 “How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question,” and. In this episode, Michael talks about why he’s 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’s still chasing after the eternal and perhaps unanswerable question of “how to be perfect”, and why he believes caring about ethics –at any level– can actually make a difference.