Why Can't We Be Good?

Zusatztext Aus dem Inhalt: Das Zentrum - Florenz: Die Wiege der Toskana - Der Norden- Prato und Pistoia: Wohlsituierte Geschwister - Der Nordwesten - Massaund Lucca: Symphonien in Stein und Ton - Der Westen - Pisa! Livorno undGrosseto: Glanzlichter von Kunst und Natur - Der Südwesten - Siena: Lebenslustund Geistlichkeit - Der Osten - Arezzo: Mönche! Maler und Mäzene - ToskanischeImpressionen: Von Alter und Neuer Lebensfreude - Infoteil. Informationen zum Autor Jacob Needleman Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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Jacob Needleman

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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.