Global Values 101 A Short Course

Name: Global Values 101 A Short Course
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ISBN: 9780807003053

ISBN-10: 0807003050

ISBN-13: 9780807003053

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ann S. Kim, Kate Holbrook, Brian Palmer, Anna Portnoy

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Global Values 101 grew out of one of the most popular courses ever offered at Harvard University, in which some of the most original thinkers of our day sat down with students and explored how ideas have made them-and can make us-more engaged, involved, and compassionate citizens. They addressed the topics of war, religion, the global economy, and social change: Amy Goodman, host of the popular radio program Democracy Now as well as the author of The Exception to the Ruler, speaks about the role of the citizen and the media in a free society; Lani Guinier reveals that students" SAT scores more accurately describe the kind of car their parents drive than the grades they will earn in college…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 2/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Introduction




History and Investigations: Asking the Questions


Howard Zinn, historian


Elaine Scarry, literary scholar


Noam Chomsky, linguist



Labor and Economy: Working It Out


Robert Reich, political scholar


Juliet Schor, economist


Aaron Feuerstein, corporate leader


Naomi Klein, journalist



Diversity and Equality: Balancing the Scales.


Lani Guinier, legal scholar


Katha Pollitt, writer



Brutality, Bloodshed, and Resolution: A Violent Inheritance


Martha Minow, legal scholar


Swanee Hunt, diplomat


Jennifer Leaning, physician



Religion and Ethics: In Search of Global Values


Harvey Cox, theologian


Peter Singer, ethicist



Distance and Proximity: Closing the Gap


Paul Farmer, physician


Amy Goodman, journalist


Sources


Acknowledgments


Index