Decálogo del buen ciudadano

The basis for a twenty-first century ethic is found in the teachings of wise men and women who since ancient times have reflected on how to overcome fatality and live a virtuous life, in which transcendent projects are imposed on immediate desires. . Víctor Lapuente, author of The Return of the Shamans, a whole map towards political wisdom in an increasingly polarized world, puts aside the analysis of the challenges of society to focus on those of a lost and anguished individual in the It was from the selfie. With a clear style, weaving historical anecdotes and didactic examples, he embarks on the task of rescuing the gems of those classic thinkers and proposing an ethic that is up to the challenges we face. Enemy of self-help and miraculous solutions, Lapuente defends the need to take the most demanding path to achieve personal balance: the one that goes through questioning ourselves and pushes us to rebel against laziness, vanity and victimhood. His Decalogue of the good citizen proposes ten rules that are summarized in the need to assume a weight that, rather than sinking us, raises us above the void.