On Equilibrium
Is it moral to sacrifice one's life for a higher goal? Why do many in the U.S. think it admirable to join the army but despicable for Palestinians to sign up with Hamas? How can we actually determine "evil" and "good" in the daily world? These practical questions cut to the heart of what it means to be human. John Ralston Saul, in his matter-of-fact discussion of six basic human qualities ? ethics, common sense, intuition, imagination, memory, and reason ? confronts basic concepts in a manner not done since Thomas Paine more than two centuries ago. In an easy-to-understand style, Saul explains why essential qualities of being human cannot exist in isolation but instead depend on and enrich each other. On Equilibrium persuasively explores morality and how it can be used to foster equilibrium for the self and achieve an ethical society.
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At home they call him 'His Excellency' because of his marriage to the Governor General of Canada, but on the lecture tour, he's known more simply as 'the author with three names', the man who wrote, among other things, 'Voltaire's Bastards', 'The Unconscious Civilization', and now 'On Equilibrium' He spoke at Convocation Hall, on the University of Toronto campus, to a standing-room-only crowd of 1700 people. He is one of the premier thinkers of the last decade. His comments and critiques on civil society are both insightful and eloquent.
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- PublisherCanadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio)
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0660187973
- ISBN 13 9780660187976
- BindingAudio Cassette
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