Moral Values : the Challenge of the Twenty-First Century / Andrew R. Cecil . [Et Al. ] ; with an Introduction by Andrew R. Cecil ; Edited by W. Lawson Taitte

Cecil, Andrew R.

ISBN 10: 0292711921 / ISBN 13: 9780292711921

Published by Dallas : University Of Texas At Dallas ; Austin : Distributed By The University Of Texas Press, 1996

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Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 253 pages; Description: 253 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Values--United States--Congresses. United States--Moral conditions--History--20th century--Congresses. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. - [Series: Andrew R. Cecil lectures on moral values in a free society ; v. 17]. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moral Values : the Challenge of the Twenty-First Century / Andrew R. Cecil . [Et Al. ] ; with an Introduction by Andrew R. Cecil ; Edited by W. Lawson Taitte
• Publisher: Dallas : University Of Texas At Dallas ; Austin : Distributed By The University Of Texas Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292711921
• ISBN 13: 9780292711921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

"In the United States, we try to comfort ourselves with the belief that this country, as the leading world power and industrial democracy, is different from the rest of the world--that we have solved our day-to-day problems. Such optimism--undergirded with the best of intentions--obscures the reality of the social problems that remain among us. To name only a few, these include violence, drugs, and other crime; illiteracy, homelessness, and poverty; and the rising rate of illegitimacy in our society. "A vigorous debate over these issues, which are of such pressing concern, is taking place now in our country. It largely concerns the means we should use to address them: What is the proper role of the government in solving these problems without depriving individuals of their right to shape their own destinies?" --from the Introduction by Andrew R. Cecil