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Lives of Moral Leadership : Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Lives of Moral Leadership Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Author:Robert Coles Read by the author — 4 cassettes/ 6 hours — In this important and insightful audiobook, Robert Coles tells about moral leaders--people who had an impact on American life in the last decades--as a way to illustrate the qualities that will enable each of us to be moral leaders in our homes, communities, and nation. Quoting Walker Percy, w... more »ho wrote about our need to "hand one another along" in life, and drawing on his personal experiences, Coles shows how moral leaders influence others to achieve important ends. Coles says we need to be inspired by heroes and to be alert to occasions on which we ourselves are called upon to be heroes. He speaks about the position of the American president in affecting how adults and children feel about themselves; he considers the roles of Danilo Dolci and Dietrich Bonhoffer, the religious martyr; and he explores how literature can motivate discussion, action, and growth, including examples from his own life and history; the impact of Shakespeare on Robert Kennedy; of Tolstoy on Coles' mother; and of the continuing moral influence of Emerson, Conrad, and others.
As we begin a new century and elect a new U.S. president, Coles urges us to restoren firm moral leadership in our nation.« less