As a young father and a self-proclaimed “radically assimilated immigrant,” opinion editor Sohrab Ahmari realized that when it comes to shaping his young son’s moral fiber, today’s assumptions are woefully lacking. For millennia, the world’s great ethical and religious traditions have taught that true happiness lies in pursuing virtue and accepting limits. But now, unbound from these stubborn traditions, we are free to choose whichever way of life we think is most optimal, and we find ourselves steeped in alienation and meaningless.
Ahmari invites us to examine the hidden assumptions that drive our behavior and, in doing so, to live more humanely.
