A Good Place for Moral Philosophy: Associate Professor Lydia Moland on The Good Place and why all of her students should be haunted

Authors

Gerry Boyle

Summary

Associate Professor of Philosophy Lydia Moland recently moderated a WBUR CitySpace event featuring producer Michael Schur and actor William Jackson Harper of the NBC comedy The Good Place. The award-winning show is about a character, Eleanor, who is mistakenly sent to “the good place” in the afterlife and then has to figure out how to become a better person. Moland spoke with Colby Magazine Editorial Director Gerry Boyle ’78 about television, morality, and how the most important ideas should fit on a bumper sticker.

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Recommended Citation

Boyle, Gerry (2019) "A Good Place for Moral Philosophy: Associate Professor Lydia Moland on The Good Place and why all of her students should be haunted," Colby Magazine: Vol. 107: Iss. 2, Article 11.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol107/iss2/11