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Beautiful Souls: The Courage and Conscience of Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times (Revised and Updated Edition)
by Eyal Press
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About the book
Beautiful Souls
“A fascinating study in the better angels of our nature.” —George Packer, The New Yorker
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
Revised and updated edition
History has produced many specimens of the banality of evil, but what about its flip side, what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention and act boldly on behalf of others? Through dramatic stories of unlikely resisters, Eyal Press’s Beautiful Souls shows that the boldest acts of dissent are often carried out not by radicals seeking to overthrow the system but by true believers who cling with unusual fierceness to their convictions even as the world changes around them.
In this new and updated edition, Press has added a chapter examining the choices of a U.S. Justice Department official facing the prospect of unjust directives. Drawing on groundbreaking research by moral psychologists and neuroscientists, this deeply reported work of narrative journalism examines the dilemmas we all face when our principles collide with the loyalties we harbor and the duties we are expected to fulfill.
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Details
- Publisher
- Picador
- Author
- Eyal Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Release date
- Jun 1, 2027
- ISBN-13
- 9781250479082
- ISBN-10
- 1250479088
- Pages
- 208
- Carton quantity
- 1 copies
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Beautiful Souls for groups: pricing
Volume pricing applies automatically in your cart. No codes, no account needed.
| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 20 – 99 | $11.40 | 40% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $11.02 | 42% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $10.07 | 47% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $9.69 | 49% off list |
| 1,000+ | $9.31 | 51% off list |
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