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Carefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of business. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.
Story Summary List
- The Pool: A good-willed apartment complex owner deals with ever-complaining tenants as she attempts community improvements.
- First Gold: A graphic designer is called out when he wins a design prize for an advertisement he plagiarized.
- Pandora's Dreams: A new technology allows the recording, playback, and sale of dreams.
- Cicada: Dr. Zhang invents teleportation but refuses to share it with the world.
- Claim: The local diocese requests insurance coverage against future child sexual abuse lawsuits.
- Thorn: A local builder comes across an upstart carpenter in a neighboring village that he believes threatens his business.
- Guilt-Edge Security: A traveling salesman at the bar is cleverly pitched a new product by an emerging planet on the rim, Life.
- The Money Box: A mysterious black box gives its users "unearned" money, but at what price?
- Lev's Pawn Shop: A dying pawn shop own looks to return all the items in his shop to settle his account with God.
- Bugs In The Valley: A pharmaceutical company turns a rare flower into an equally rare medicine that cures cancer and stops aging.
After Dinner Conversation believes humanity is improved by ethics and morals grounded in philosophical truth. Philosophical truth is discovered through intentional reflection and respectful debate. In order to facilitate that process, we have created a growing series of short stories across genres, a monthly magazine, themed books, and two podcasts. These accessible examples of abstract ethical and philosophical ideas are intended to draw out deeper discussions with friends, family, and students.
Reviews 5/5 Stars!
"With Science fiction we can explore other galaxies and alien conflicts, but with philosophical fiction we can explore other minds and ethical conflicts. Let this book take you on a Phi-Fi adventure."
- William Irwin, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, King's College "After Dinner Conversation collections can offer a spine for such courses as illustrative material to stimulate discussion. Lively and engaging, perfect for classrooms and educational contexts, the stories stimulate conversation in families, elder hostels, youth clubs, or book groups."
- Luc Bovens, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
★★★ If you enjoy this story, subscribe via our website to "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" and get this, and other, similar ethical and philosophical short stories delivered straight to your inbox every month. (Just search "After Dinner Conversation Magazine")★★★
