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Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Tackling Jordan Peterson’s Reading List
In this series I discuss the books on Jordan Peterson’s Great Book List in no particular order. My hope is to help those interested understand what they’re getting into and choose which books they decide to take on.
What happens when humanity decides that their cherished tool — the ability to reason — is put at the pinnacle of all values? Using reason to manipulate the world is a fundamental part of what makes us human. But how far can we take it? Can reason justify murder?
Why Should Anyone Read This Book?
You may recognize the name Dostoevsky. It’s a name synonymous with some of the best literature ever produced. So just to have one of his novels under your belt helps to bring you into the fold of understanding why it is that this man’s name has been on the lips of readers for so long.
In Crime and Punishment he asks a question at the root of human development which will direct us individually and collectively in one…
