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Non-fiction in Ethics

15 wonderful books about Ethics.

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Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

'Have little thought of self and as few desires as possible'

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4.3 | (1,244 reviews)
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Letters from a Stoic

Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium

Seneca

Illuminating writings by Stoicism's most eloquent advocate

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4.7 | (5,667 reviews)
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The Analects

Confucius

A collection of Confucius's sayings to express a moral code by which Confucius believed everyone should live

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4.3 | (1,297 reviews)
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The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

Machiavelli's highly influential treatise on political power

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4.4 | (6,463 reviews)
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Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

One of the greatest of all works of philosophy

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4.7 | (10,683 reviews)
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The Republic

Plato

The classic translation of the cornerstone work of western philosophy

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4.7 | (2,453 reviews)
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Self-help

Samuel Smiles

The precursor of today's motivational and self-help literature. Its vision is significantly more cosmopolitan than that of most books in a still-expanding genre.

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4.1 | (167 reviews)
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Superintelligence

Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom

Profoundly ambitious and original

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4.4 | (4,618 reviews)
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Civil Disobedience

And Other Essays

Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau has inspired generations of readers to think for themselves and to find meaning and beauty in nature

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4.5 | (978 reviews)
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On the Future

Prospects for Humanity

Martin Rees

Climate change, nuclear war, space exploration, robotics, AI and more.... understand the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.

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4.3 | (296 reviews)
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AI Superpowers

China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

Kai-Fu Lee

** The New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestseller **

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4.4 | (3,711 reviews)
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Futureproof

9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation

Kevin Roose

A counter-intuitive guide to staying relevant - and employable - in the machine age by becoming irreplaceably human

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4.3 | (444 reviews)
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A Human Algorithm

How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are

Flynn Coleman

Examining the immense impact intelligent technology will have on humanity

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4 | (79 reviews)
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I, Human

AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Will we use artificial intelligence to improve the way we work and live, or will we allow it to alienate us?

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4.2 | (75 reviews)
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Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

From the author of the global phenomenon Sapiens - Winner of multiple 'Book of the Year' awards

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4.5 | (37,070 reviews)

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