Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom, and the Life Issues - Softcover

Robert Spitzer S.J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898707862 ISBN 13: 9780898707861

Publisher: Ignatius Press, 2000

Synopsis

Father Spitzer, President of the Magis Institute and former President of Gonzaga University, has been using the principles in this book to educate people of all backgrounds in the philosophy of the pro-life movement. The tremendous positive response he has received inspired him to start the Life Principles Institute. This book is one of the key resources used for this program.

This work effectively draws out the connections between personal attitudes toward happiness and the meaning of life, and the larger cultural issues such as freedom and human rights. Relying on the wisdom of the ages and respecting the human persons' unique capacity for rational analysis, this work offers definitions of the key cultural terms affecting life issues, including Happiness, Success, Love, Suffering, Quality of Life, Ethics, Freedom, Personhood, Human Rights and the Common Good.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. is the former president of Gonzaga University and the founder of the Magis Institute, which educates the public about the relationship between physics, philosophy, reason, and faith. He is the chief education officer of the Ethics and Performance Institute, which delivers web-based ethics education to corporations and individuals, and President of the Spitzer Center for Ethical Leadership, which delivers similar curricula to non-profit organizations. He is the author of Healing the Culture, Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life, and Ten Universal Principles.

Review:

"An excellent resource for examining the life issues in their broadest and most profound context. It is also an encouraging and accessible tool for responding to the Holy Father's challenge to build a 'culture of life'." --Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago

About this edition

• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0898707862
• ISBN 13: 9780898707861
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 325