The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma Patrick Dunleavy 2015Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize

2015Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016Stratospherically authoritative

Mindwise will not turn other people into open books

and the tragicomedy of humankind

Author: Alexandre Antonelli

and Chase Chair for Excellence in Corporate Strategy

The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma Patrick Dunleavy 2015Shortlisted for the Orwell PrizeWhy should we be good? How should we be good? And how might we more deeply understand the moral and ethical failings splashed across today's headlines that have not only destroyed individual lives but caused widespread calamity as well, bringing communities, nations, and indeed the global economy to the brink of collapse? In The Difficulty of Being Good, Gurcharan Das seeks answers to these questions in an unlikely source: the 2,000 year old Sanskrit