Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds.

✰不輕鬆，但必要——堅持正義，做正確的事

紐約時報暢銷作家瑞安·霍利迪（Ryan Holiday）繼《Discipline Is Destiny》之後，再次帶來斯多噶哲學之道。在這本《斯多噶美德》系列第三部曲中，他告訴我們，即使面對艱難險阻，也要勇敢做對的事。

在古代哲學家眼中，人生中一切值得追求的目標，都源自於強烈的正義感——無論多麼困難，都要致力於做正確的事。從正義出發，才能擁有勇氣、智慧與自律。然而，在現代社會中，我們卻常被告知正義是可選的。霍利迪（Ryan Holiday）堅決反駁這種觀點，指出當今社會的不快樂正是因為缺乏堅持正義的力量。

霍利迪（Ryan Holiday）透過馬可·奧勒留（Marcus Aurelius）、佛羅倫斯·南丁格爾（Florence Nightingale）、吉米·卡特（Jimmy Carter）、甘地（Gandhi）及弗雷德里克·道格拉斯（Frederick Douglass）等歷史人物的故事，揭示了正直的力量，以及不公領導者所帶來的後果。這些故事提醒我們：在現代世界中，正義不僅僅是選擇，而是每個人應有的堅持。

斯多噶哲學認為，正義並不容易，但卻是必須的。放棄原則只會讓我們淪為懦夫和愚人。《Right Thing, Right Now》是現代社會道德危機的解毒劑，也是教你如何過上正直生活的最佳指南。

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for a life of self-discipline. In this much-anticipated third installment in the Stoic Virtues series, he argues for the necessity of doing what’s right – even when it isn’t easy

For the ancients, everything worth pursuing in life flowed from a strong sense of justice—or one’s commitment to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult. In order to be courageous, wise, and self-disciplined, one must begin with justice. The influence of the modern world often tells us that acting justly is optional. Holiday argues that that’s simply untrue—and the fact that so few people today have the strength to stand by their convictions explains much about why we’re so unhappy.

In Right Thing. Right Now., Holiday draws on fascinating stories of historical figures such as Marcus Aurelius, Florence Nightingale, Jimmy Carter, Gandhi, and Frederick Douglass, whose examples of kindness, honesty, integrity, and loyalty we can emulate as pillars of upright living. Through the lives of these role models, readers learn the transformational power of living by a moral code and, through the cautionary tales of unjust leaders, the consequences of an ill-formed conscience.

The Stoics never claimed that living justly was easy, only that it was necessary. And that the alternative—sacrificing our principles for something lesser—was considered only by cowards and fools. Right Thing. Right Now. is a powerful antidote to the moral failures of our modern age, and a manual for living virtuously.