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Quest for Meaning: Values, Ethics, and the Modern Experience

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12H 13min
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English
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Religion & Spirituality

Professor Robert H. Kane takes a probing look at the problems surrounding ethics in the modern world: conflicts between public and private morality, teaching values in public schools, the role of religion in public life, liberty and privacy, individualism versus community, and the loss of shared values and the resulting discontents.

© 2023 The Great Courses (Audiobook): 9781682767375

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Audiobook: September 13, 2023

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