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Question of the Month

How Should I Live?

The following readers’ answers to this central human question each win a book.

If I am to live a considered life, I cannot but reflect that I am not alone. From my birth through my upbringing, my existence has been shaped, not just by my own experiences and thinking, but by my interaction with the lives of others. Most closely, with family, where one is constantly reminded of the continuum of a network of relationships. My sense of myself and my own place in the world is tempered by my awareness of others, of the lives they lead, their thoughts and feelings. My concern to lead a good life is, therefore, not solely about myself, but embedded in my concern for others.

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