Jonathan Sacks
Morality
Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
Basic Books, 2020
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Among the concerns that keep you awake at night, morality probably doesn’t make the list. It should.
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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.
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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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