{"product_id":"nasty-brutish-and-short-adventures-in-philosophy-with-kids-9781984881830","title":"Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with Kids","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of 2022 * One of \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 best books of May \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This amazing new book . . . takes us on a journey through classic and contemporary philosophy powered by questions like 'What do we have the right to do? When is it okay to do this or that?' They explore punishment and authority and sex and gender and race and the nature of truth and knowledge and the existence of God and the meaning of life and Scott just does an incredible job.\" --Ryan Holiday, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Stoic \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of the best philosophers in the world gather in surprising places--preschools and playgrounds. They debate questions about metaphysics and morality, even though they've never heard the words and perhaps can't even tie their shoes. They're kids. And as Scott Hershovitz shows in this delightful debut, they're astoundingly good philosophers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHershovitz has two young sons, Rex and Hank. From the time they could talk, he noticed that they raised philosophical questions and were determined to answer them. They re-created ancient arguments. And they advanced entirely new ones. That's not unusual, Hershovitz says. \u003ci\u003eEvery kid is a philosopher.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing an agenda set by Rex and Hank, Hershovitz takes us on a fun romp through classic and contemporary philosophy, powered by questions like, Does Hank have the right to drink soda? When is it okay to swear? and, Does the number six exist? Hershovitz and his boys take on more weighty issues too. They explore punishment, authority, sex, gender, race, the nature of truth and knowledge, and the existence of God. Along the way, they get help from professional philosophers, famous and obscure. And they show that all of us have a lot to learn from listening to kids--and thinking with them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHershovitz calls on us to support kids in their philosophical adventures. But more than that, he challenges us to join them so that we can become better, more discerning thinkers and recapture some of the wonder kids have at the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984881830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.78d","brand":"Scott Hershovitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42787483549877,"sku":"9781984881830","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_21c4f198-fdac-4c94-8b40-219689be6843.jpg?v=1680016767","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nasty-brutish-and-short-adventures-in-philosophy-with-kids-9781984881830","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}