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The choice of Hercules: Pleasure, duty and the good life in the 21st century, by AC Grayling

Reviewed by Edward Pearce

THE title of this fierce little tract is confusing, a confusion continued in early pages touching upon philosophical views about choice. The Hercules of Greek legend had been offered the hands of two optional and theoretical ladies, representing pleasure and duty.