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The moral philosophy of The Good Place (with Mike Schur and Pamela Hieronymi)

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

How to Write a Show That Needs Philosophical Guidance

Pamela Rose: I read Michael Sandell's book Justice, which was a sort of famous compendium of the big ideas and moral philosophy. She says she decided that if she was going to be able to write this show the way it needed to be written, she needed someone to help her. Rose: One of the subjects of her writing is whether or not people can try to be good. "I'd like to say that everybody thinks that you can't be good by trying, but I think that's me"

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