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D. Holtschlag

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  • What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets | [Michael J. Sandel]
    What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
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    What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 32 mins)
    • By Michael J. Sandel
    • Narrated By Michael J. Sandel
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    Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite universities? Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay?

    Kristopher says: "Great introduction to the world of ethics"
    "Book highlights market intrusions in public space"
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    Sandel articulates the intrusions of market values in public spaces and how that intrusion degrades our coherence as a society and our personal values. His analysis is spot on.

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  • The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined | [Steven Pinker]
    The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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    The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

    • UNABRIDGED (36 hrs and 43 mins)
    • By Steven Pinker
    • Narrated By Arthur Morey
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    Overall
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    (580)
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    (570)

    We’ve all had the experience of reading about a bloody war or shocking crime and asking, “What is the world coming to?” But we seldom ask, “How bad was the world in the past?” In this startling new book, the best-selling cognitive scientist Steven Pinker shows that the world of the past was much worse. In fact, we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species’ existence.

    Franics says: "Violence is decreasing everywhere. Who knew?"
    "Provides an optimistic projection of civilization"
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    What made the experience of listening to The Better Angels of Our Nature the most enjoyable?

    The book provides a historical context to balance headline news accounts that too often emphasize the negative and the sensational. I would like to think that humans might be becoming at least generally less lethal to one another and the book provides reasons to think so. I purchased hard copies for family members who I thought would enjoy the arguments for progress that the author presents.


    What does Arthur Morey bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    Arthur Morey is likely a fine narrator, but I played the audio book at high speed because of the length of the book.


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