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The Road to Character

David Brooks

  • 320 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2015
  • 10 editions
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1 About this book

The Road to Character is the fourth book written by journalist David Brooks. Brooks taught an undergraduate course at Yale University for three years during the 2010s on humility, the subject of this book.

Published in 2015, the author says, "I wrote it, to be honest, to save my own soul." According to The Guardian, Brooks decided that he had spent "...too much time cultivating what he calls 'the résumé virtues' – racking up impressive accomplishments – and too little on 'the eulogy virtues', the character strengths for which we'd like to be remembered."

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: philosophy and self-improvement.

  • Social science
  • Philosophy
  • Self-help
  • Sociology
  • Personal growth
  • Ethics & Moral Philosophy
  • Character
  • Virtue

2 About David Brooks

Born 1961

David Brooks (born August 11, 1961) is a Canadian-born American author and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as a "moderate Republican", others have characterised him as centrist, moderate conservative, or conservative, based on his record as contributor to the PBS NewsHour, and as opinion columnist for The New York Times.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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