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Young Secular Americans Struggle To Think Morally
Dennis Prager writes: Last week, David Brooks of The New York Times wrote a column on an academic study concerning the nearly complete lack of a moral vocabulary among most American young people. Below are some excerpts from Brooks’ summary … Continue reading
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Tagged cheating in school, david brooks, Dennis Prager, moral choices, moral dilemma, moral lives
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Is There Free Will?
I had this discussion with a friend recently. “Right here and now,” I said, “in the moment, I feel like I have free will, but when I look back at my life, everything seems fated. Given who I was at … Continue reading
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Tagged closeness, david brooks, shul, social animal, twinge
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David Brooks Discusses His New Book, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Dennis Prager interviewed David Brooks today about his new book. Dennis: “What’s the best childhood?” David: “An orderly childhood and firmly attached. You don’t have to be a super mom and dad to raise a decent kid. You’ve got to … Continue reading
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Tagged david brooks, Dennis Prager, mom and dad, predictable environment, predictable relationship
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Drill Baby Drill
David Brooks writes in the New York Times today: “Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University writes about the Focusing Illusion, which holds that “nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.” He … Continue reading
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Tagged character figure, daniel kahneman, david brooks, Dennis Prager, dennisprager, dependence on foreign oil, georgetown university, nobel prize, princeton university, radical islam, talk show host, university audience
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Israeli Culture
David Brooks writes in the New York Times: …Israelis don’t observe the distinction between the public and private realms. They treat strangers as if they were their brothers-in-law and feel perfectly comfortable giving them advice on how to live. One … Continue reading
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