Moral relativism attracts and repels. What is defensible in it and what is to be rejected? Do we as human beings have no shared standards by which we can understand one another? Can we abstain from judging one another's practices? Do we truly have divergent views about what constitutes good and evil, virtue and vice, harm and welfare, dignity and humiliation, or is there some underlying commona…
The lives of people both famous and obscure are filled with scarlet-letter moments when their dirty laundry sees daylight. In these moments we not only witness the reversibility of “success,” of prominence, but also come to visceral terms with our own vulnerable selves. We can’t stop watching the scene of shame, identifying with it and absorbing its nearness, and relishing our imagined im…
Hidup ini terasa indah dengan pengalaman dan orang-orang baru yang kita temui. Pengalaman membuat kita mendapatkan pelajaran tak ternilai dalam hidup, sedangkan orang-orang yang kita temui memberikan kita inspirasi dalam menjalani hidup. Cerita-cerita dalam buku ini dalah kumpulan cerita tentang pelajaran tak ternilai dan inspirasi hidup yang dihimpun menjadi suatu keindahan sebuah proses pembe…