The Desire for Perfection
FEBRUARY 9, 2010 TUESDAY AT 3PM CT

 
 
We are hardwired to desire perfection, says communication scholar Michael Hyde, but, whether it is war or anorexia, it is a desire that can kill us. From the idea of God to the film As Good As It Gets, Professor Hyde constructs a history of human perfection and explains why this most basic of human virtues both threatens and motivates everything good about the human project.

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  • Michael Hyde, author of Perfection: Coming to Terms with Being Human, University Distinguished Professor of Communication Ethics at Wake Forest University
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