Why Can't We Be Good?

Why Can't We Be Good?
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9781440629150
ISBN-13 : 1440629153
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Book Synopsis Why Can't We Be Good? by : Jacob Needleman

Download or read book Why Can't We Be Good? written by Jacob Needleman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widely respected social philosopher embarks on his most gripping and broadly appealing work, asking the ultimate question of human nature: Why do we repeatedly violate our most deeply held values and beliefs? After nearly forty years of weighing humanity's deepest dilemmas-working in settings ranging from university and high school classrooms to corporate offices and hospitals-bestselling author, philosopher, and religious scholar Jacob Needleman presents the most urgent, deeply felt, and widely accessible work of his career. In Why Can't We Be Good? Needleman identifies the core problem that therapists and social philosophers fail to see. He depicts the individual human as a being who knows what is good, yet who remains mysteriously helpless to innerly adopt the ethical, moral, and religious ideas that are bequeathed to him.


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