The Spectator, January 26th, 2002
A SHORT TREATISE ON THE GREAT VIRTUES by Andre Comte-Sponville Heinemann, 17.99, pp. 290, ISBN 0434009687
One of the paradoxes of the liberal upbringing is that parents who believe virtue to be acquired and not inherited often make comparatively little effort to inculcate it in their offspring. Conservatives, on the other hand, are forever telling children to mind their ps and qs. The latter have an unlikely ally in a French philosopher at the Sorbonne. In a superior book for the layman, Andre Comte-Sponville argues that good manners are the foundation of good morals. To say 'please' is only ...
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