United States History - Social Aspects, United States Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Social Policy by Region, Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Theoretical, National Characteristics - North America
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Overview
Constructed around the three broad areas of self-evident truths and unalienable rights identified by our country's founders - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness - this thought-provoking collection presents multi-sided ethical and moral conversations through the work of 100 writers and thinkers, past and present. Emphasis is on looking carefully at the selections to uncover their explicit and implicit values, with post-reading questions engaging the reader in thoughtful writing and conversation about the selection and the values it presents. Past and present values are linked, so that every selection becomes relevant to today's culture. In the section on Life, the book offers selections on family, education, work and poverty, and health and health care. The section on Liberty includes works exploring language and speech, law and politics, and rights and beliefs. Wrapping up the book, the Pursuit of Happiness section looks at love, science and technology, wealth and leisure, and individual and community. For anyone interested in exploring the timely topic of values; ideal for book discussion groups.Editorials
Booknews
Organized into sections on family, education, work and poverty, language and speech, law and politics, rights and beliefs, love, science and technology, wealth and leisure, and individual and community this collection of essays, stories, and poems offer examples of the ideological conflicts that run through American history. Spanning a spectrum of views, the 100 entries feature writers such as Malcolm X, Walt Whitman, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Richard Wright, Lani Guinier, William J. Bennett, Eudora Welty, and Edgar Allan Poe. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)Book Details
Published
December 21, 1998
Publisher
Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, c1999.
Pages
776
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780205273812