Adler, Mortimer J.; WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1987- Discusses the ideas and ideals behind the American Constitution. 271 pages
Adler, Mortimer J.; DESIRES RIGHT & WRONG, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, 1991- An analysis of wrong and right desires with an explanation of what makes them right or wrong and a solution to one of the central problems of ethics: How to seek what is really good for one's self while at the same time not harming others. 194 pages
Anelauskas, Valdas, DISCOVERING AMERICA AS IT IS, Atlanta, Georgia: Clarity Press, Inc., 1999. Raises serioius questions, not only concerning America's role as a leading model for development, but even as to its future competitiveness due to the deterioration in the well-being of the American people resulting from antisocial domestic policies.
Dosick, Wayne; GOLDEN RULES:THE TEN ETHICAL VALUES PARENTS NEED TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN, HarperColllins, New York, NY,1995, Resource proviiding guidance to parents in how to carry out the most important task of transforming young children into carings, sensitive adults. Rabbi Dosick helps parents teach the difference between right and wrong. 200 pages
Fulghum, Hunter, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, G.P.Putnam's Sons, NYC, 1996, Collection of stories on being a man at midlife in America. 273 pages
Fried, Charles, RIGHT AND WRONG, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978--How a moral man lives his life, how he approaches choices between his own interests and those of others. 194 pages
Gauld, Joseph W., CHARACTER FIRST: THE HYDE SCHOOL DIFFERENCE, Contemporary Pub., Looks at the Hyde School in Bath, Maine. 179 pages
Gorovits, Samuel; DOCTOR'S DILEMMAS: LIFE, DEATH AND ETHICAL CHOICES IN AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL, University Press, New York, 1991- The author explores issues such as the nature of illness and the conflict that sometimes arises between prolonging life and relieving suffering. 186 pages
Halberstam, Joshua, EVERYDAY ETHICS: INSPIRED SOLUTIONS TO REAL-LIFE DILEMMAS, Viking Pub., Wittily challenges the cliches of both religion--which tells us that everything is our fault--and psychotherapy--which reassures us that nothing is. 204 pages
Hamstra, Bruce, WHY GOOD PEOPLE DO BAD THINGS;HOW TO MAKE MORAL CHOICES IN AN IMMORAL WORLD, Carol Publishing, Secaucus, NJ, 1996, A leading psychotherapist uses the most up-to-date research in psychology, moral development and ethics to provide readers with a much-needed guide in a time when people often cannot distinguish right from wrong. 242 pages
Kilpatrick, William K., WHY JOHNNY CAN'T TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG: AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992. A hard-hitting and controversial account of why programs designed to deal with teen pregnancy, drug abuse, suicide and violence have failed, points a finger at schools and parents and the the abandonment of moral teachings. Provides a list of 120 titles of inspirational reading for children and young adults. 366 pages
Lamb, David; A SENSE OF PLACE, Random House Inc., New York, 1993- A look at Americans whose lives are different form those of their urban counterparts. 290 pages
Levinson, Sanford, CONSTITUTIONAL FAITH, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1988, A quest for a constitutional creed worth affirming. Deals with the psychology of citizenship and describes dilemmas of contemporary America by raising eternal questions about faith and morality. 250 pages
Luttwak, Edward N., THE ENDANGERED AMERICAN DREAM, Simon & Schuster, Exposes how ill-prepared we are for the struggle that will determine the future--schools that fail to teach, lack of savings and investment, widening gaps between classes, the paralysis of litigation- and offers a forceful prescription for changing course. 365 pages
Neusner Jacob: RABBINIC POLITICAL THEORY: RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MISHNAH, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1991- Discusses the politics of Judaism that encompass issues of social power within a religious system. 228 pages
Pipher, Mary, Ph.D., THE SHELTER OF EACH OTHER, REBUILDING OUR FAMILIES, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. A remarkable and life-changing work, this book does for the family what the author's Reviving Ophelia, did for teenage girls. With clear-sightedness and passion, the author shows us what is wrong with the American family and points us in the right direction. 282 pages.
Rosenblatt, Stanley, M.; MURDER OF MERCY, Prometheus Book, New York, 1992 - An account of the legal ordeal of Dr. Peter Rosier who was indicted for euthanasia. 352 pages.
Sorin, Gerald, THE NURTURING NEIGHBORHOOD: THE BROWNSVILLE BOYS CLUB AND JEWISH COMMUNITY IN URBAN AMERICA, 1940-1990, New York University Press, 1990, The book is an attempt to understand the relative absence of serious criminality and social pathology among these boys and to seek some explanation for their subsequent social mobility. 250 pages
Wolgast, Elizabeth, ETHICS OF AN ARTIFICIAL PERSON, LOST RESPONSIBILITY IN PROFESSIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1992. Focuses on the ethical problems in the professions and politics and addresses the moral issue of how we can and should locate responsibility for the actions of artificial persons and those who speak and act in the name of others, such as public servants and lawyers. 161 pages.
Wuthnow, Roberts, SHARING THE JOURNEY: SUPPORT GROUPS AND AMERICA'S NEW QUEST
FOR COMMUNITY, The Free Press, New York, 1994, A breakthrough study on support
groups in America. Analyzes the impact of such groups on American culture along with the
impact of American culture on this phenomenon. Discusses the good and bad as these groups
explore the nature of community and the meaning of human existence. 463 pages