Debating the Good Society: A Quest to Bridge Americas Moral Divide (MIT Press)

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Since , Schmookler has been the author and host of the website NoneSoBlind. Schmookler has presented his ideas before audiences at Harvard University , St.

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Debating the Good Society. A Quest to Bridge America's Moral Divide. By Andrew Bard Schmookler. Debating the Good Society probes two questions lying at. Editorial Reviews. From Library Journal. NPR host Schmookler (The Parable of the Tribes: The Debating the Good Society: A Quest to Bridge America's Moral Divide (MIT Press) - Kindle edition by Andrew Bard Schmookler. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like.

Democratic nominee Schmookler challenged incumbent Republican nominee Bob Goodlatte. Since the Election, Schmookler has been working on a campaign to get the national conversation to focus on what he regards as the central realities of our current national crisis. He identifies these as the two main components of that crisis: He sees these as manifestations of a systemic cultural pathology which, though it manifests itself in different ways in different components of the American system, afflicts all the major organs of the American body politic.

This naturalistic explanation builds upon the ideas Schmookler developed in The Parable of the Tribes , Out of Weakness , and others of his works over the past more than forty years.

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The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution The parable is that once some human tribe becomes habitually aggressive toward other tribes, all are eventually forced to adopt the ways of power. The resulting destruction is not a reflection of human nature, but selection for the ways of power that has driven societies in ways people did not choose, but could not avoid. See what's been added to the collection in the current 1 2 3 4 5 6 weeks months years. Cite this Email this Add to favourites Print this page.

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He completed his doctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union in a program created specially to accommodate his comprehensive theory of human history. Request this item to view in the Library's reading rooms using your library card. Details Collect From YY And let's ask instead: At the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Schmookler helped with the analysis of possible future challenges for American policy-makers. Step 1 Review By Dr.

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