Why Can't We Be Good?
Author: Needleman, Jacob
ISBN: 9781585426201
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 31 Jan 2008
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The widely respected social philosopher embarks on his most gripping and broadly appealing work, asking the ultimate question of human nature: Why do we repeatedly violate our most deeply held values and beliefs?Plt;/bPgt; Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; After nearly forty years of weighing humanityP#39;s deepest dilemmas-working in settings ranging from university and high school classrooms to corporate offices and hospitals-bestselling author, philosopher, and religious scholar Jacob Needleman presents the most urgent, deeply felt, and widely accessible work of his career. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; In Plt;iPgt;Why CanP#39;t We Be Good?Plt;/iPgt; Needleman identifies the core problem that therapists and social philosophers fail to see. He depicts the individual human as a being who knows what is good, yet who remains mysteriously helpless to innerly adopt the ethical, moral, and religious ideas that are bequeathed to him.
ISBN: 9781585426201
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 31 Jan 2008
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The widely respected social philosopher embarks on his most gripping and broadly appealing work, asking the ultimate question of human nature: Why do we repeatedly violate our most deeply held values and beliefs?Plt;/bPgt; Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; After nearly forty years of weighing humanityP#39;s deepest dilemmas-working in settings ranging from university and high school classrooms to corporate offices and hospitals-bestselling author, philosopher, and religious scholar Jacob Needleman presents the most urgent, deeply felt, and widely accessible work of his career. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt; In Plt;iPgt;Why CanP#39;t We Be Good?Plt;/iPgt; Needleman identifies the core problem that therapists and social philosophers fail to see. He depicts the individual human as a being who knows what is good, yet who remains mysteriously helpless to innerly adopt the ethical, moral, and religious ideas that are bequeathed to him.
