Moral Courage - Brossura

Kidder, Rushworth M.

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ISBN 10: 0060591560 ISBN 13: 9780060591564

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2006

Riassunto

Outlines principles for ethical behavior while counseling readers on how to put ethical thinking into practice, drawing on the stories of leaders, whistleblowers, and everyday people to examine such events as the Enron scandal, the space shuttle tragedy, and the war in Iraq. By the author of How Good People Make Tough Choices. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Moral Courage is a wonderful book--lively, thoughtful, and practical.” (--Bob Abernethy, executive editor and host of Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS)

“Rush Kidder brilliantly deals with the perilous pathways where moral courage is absolutely required.” (--David M. Abshire, president of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, and cofounder of the Center for Strategic and International Studies)

This book, like one candle in the darkness, belongs in every place of learning-and every library. (Library Journal (starred review*))

L'autore:

Rushworth M. Kidder was a professor of English at Wichita State University for ten years before becoming an award-winning columnist and editor at the Christian Science Monitor. The author of ten books on subjects ranging from international ethics to the global future, he won the 1980 Explicator Literary Foundation Award for his book on the poetry of E.E. cummings. He and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Lincolnville, Maine.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060591560
• ISBN 13: 9780060591564
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 308