retiredlibrarylady 's review for:

The Road to Character by David Brooks

3.0

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Brooks describes the resume characteristics and the eulogy characteristics, and says that we as a society are now too focused on the resume ones, such as status, occupation, salary/wealth, attainments. He then gives brief biographies of people who had to struggle to attain a good moral/ethical outlook. I really liked parts of this book, but got bogged down in other sections. I do agree with his basic assessment and loved his writing in part, especially the beginning and end.