A spirited discussion class with in-depth conversation regarding the impact a faith-based book has on our lives, our family and our community. Class members rotate leadership and the book changes about twice every semester.
Winter: Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Dividing Times by Jonathan Sacks
A distinguished religious leader's stirring
case for reconstructing a shared framework of virtues and values.
With liberal democracy embattled, public
discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down, and drug abuse and depression
on the rise, many fear what the future holds.
In Morality, respected faith leader
and public intellectual Jonathan Sacks traces today's crisis to our loss of a
strong, shared moral code and our elevation of self-interest over the common
good. We have outsourced morality to the market and the state, but neither is
capable of showing us how to live. Sacks leads readers from ancient Greece to
the Enlightenment to the present day to show that there is no liberty without
morality and no freedom without responsibility, arguing that we all must play
our part in rebuilding a common moral foundation.
A major work of moral philosophy, Morality is
an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all find our place and face the
future without fear.
Contact: Doug Halleen (doug.halleen@mentorakid.org)