andbenn reviewed Right Thing, Right Now by Ryan Holiday
Justice, as in, doing the right thing
3 stars
I was looking forward to the book, as I know the author had spent a lot of time working on it, and called it one of his most important works.
The book is broken into three sections, and each is filled with short to medium chapters, each which cover a particular topic.
Each chapter dives into modern people who embody the Stoic virtue of Justice. He'll describe what they did and why, and often times opine about it for a bit to connect the dots and bring it to you.
The third section is about doing the right thing for the world. The first chapter of this section is 30 pages on Mahatma Ghandi's life. In fact, this third section didn't feel like it fit too well with the rest of the book. He introduces Tammy Duckworth, the junior senator from Illinois who was injured in a helicopter crash during …
I was looking forward to the book, as I know the author had spent a lot of time working on it, and called it one of his most important works.
The book is broken into three sections, and each is filled with short to medium chapters, each which cover a particular topic.
Each chapter dives into modern people who embody the Stoic virtue of Justice. He'll describe what they did and why, and often times opine about it for a bit to connect the dots and bring it to you.
The third section is about doing the right thing for the world. The first chapter of this section is 30 pages on Mahatma Ghandi's life. In fact, this third section didn't feel like it fit too well with the rest of the book. He introduces Tammy Duckworth, the junior senator from Illinois who was injured in a helicopter crash during military service and saved by her crew, stating that she never wants her former crew to have a second thought of the time and risk they took to save her, thus wants to always do good. However, he only has two paragraphs on Duckworth.
Transitioning from this third section to the multi-page Afterword, you'll feel the flow difference.
I own all of his Stoic related books, and have read about half of them. Given his work and mentions during this online content, I'm a bit let down. It's a tougher topic, but a necessary topic for his series, of which this book is the 3rd of four.
The book has over 300 pages. It's a smaller form factor. I thought the font was small. I'll try reading it again in a year or two.