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Morality

Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times

Basic Books, 2020 más...


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Concrete Examples
  • Eloquent

Recommendation

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was an international religious leader, philosopher and respected moral voice. In this book, he asks how democracies, having enshrined the individual, can revive the “We” in “We, the people?” His teachings are that morality binds people together in common purpose, fighting social ills instead of each other. In this analysis of the human condition, Rabbi Sacks makes the case for a shared moral code, a human covenant, and he offers wisdom to live by.

 

Take-Aways

  • “With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse increasingly toxic, family life endangered, and drug abuse and depression on the rise, many people fear what the future holds.”
  • A caring society can’t be outsourced to political or market interests.
  • Since the 1960s, societies have suffered the ills of a self-indulgent culture.

About the Author

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks was an internationally celebrated moral philosopher and religious scholar. He was the author of more than 30 books; a frequent and sought-after contributor to radio, television and the press both in Britain and around the world; Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth from 1991-2013, and the recipient of the 2016 Templeton Prize.


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