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Alex Voorhoeve sets the stage for his book by quoting Plato's Phaedrus in which the “the living, breathing discourse of the man who knows” (1) is deemed superior to the written discourse. Socrates's vindication of the dialogue as the blessed form of philosophical investigation is thus presented as the inspiration for these eleven conversations with prominent thinkers on ethics ― most of them professional philosophers but also one psychologist and one game theorist. Voorhoeve is careful enough not to endorse the Socratic idea that discussion is superior to writing; he settles for the less contentious claim that conversing on ethics is a valuable complement to careful writing. His book certainly vindicates this claim.
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