Individualism and Social Responsibility (ANDREW R CECIL LECTURES ON MORAL VALUES IN A FREE SOCIETY)

In the 1993 Lectures on Moral Values in a Free Society, the importance of individual freedom and the danger of self-centeredness are repeatedly stressed, as are the importance of social responsibility and the danger of excessive government control. By exposing injustice and inequality, social conscience keeps before our eyes the ideal of a society based on brotherhood that transforms economic and political relations into fellowship and binds individuals into the human family. Contributors: Andrew R. Cecil; Robert H. Rutford; Harvey C. Mansfield; George Weigel; Richard S. Lombard; James A. Joseph; Jean Bethke Elshtain; Jaroslav Pelikan Foreword / Robert H. Rutford -- Introduction / Andrew R. Cecil -- Individualism And Social Conscience / Andrew R. Cecil -- Responsibility And Its Perversions / Harvey C. Mansfield -- Building The Culture Of Freedom: Catholic Social Thought And The American Experiment / George Weigel -- Corporate Social Responsibilities In The Nineties / Richard S. Lombard -- Pluralism And Civil Society: The Changing Civic Culture / James A. Joseph -- Multiculturalism And Political Responsibility / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- The Individual's Search For Truth--and Its Limitations / Jaroslav Pelikan. Andrew R. Cecil ... [et Al.] ; With An Introduction By Andrew R. Cecil ; Edited By W. Lawson Taitte. "In the 1993 Lectures on Moral Values in a Free Society, the importance of individual freedom and the danger of self-centeredness are repeatedly stressed, as are the importance of social responsibility and the danger of excessive government control. By exposing injustice and inequality, social conscience keeps before our eyes the ideal of a society based on brotherhood that transforms economic and political relations into fellowship and binds individuals into the human family." --from the introduction by Andrew R. Cecil