A Preface to Morals

Book • 1929

Author

Walter Lippmann

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Mentioned by

Fareed Zakaria

Mark Thomas Edwards

Mentioned in 4 episodes

Recommended by

Fareed Zakaria

as an amazing book about what to do when losing certainty of faith, tradition, and community.

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Mentioned by

Fareed Zakaria

as a book that made him realize that something very, very big and important was lost which was that certainty, that faith, that sense of tradition, that sense of community.

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Mentioned by

Mark Thomas Edwards

as Lippmann's 1929 book that reveals his views on religion, morality, and modern life.

Mark Thomas Edwards, "Walter Lippmann: American Skeptic, American Pastor" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Mentioned in the context of Niebuhr's discussion on polytheism and man's competing ideals.

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Recommended by

Fareed Zakaria

, referring to it as a book that he has loved and gone back to over and over.

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Mentioned by

Mark Thomas Edwards

as Lippmann's 1929 book addressing secularization and how individuals find integrity without organized religion.

Mark Thomas Edwards, "Walter Lippmann: American Skeptic, American Pastor" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Mentioned by

Mark Thomas Edwards

as Lippmann's bestselling 1929 book addressing religion's decline and individual moral life.

Mark Thomas Edwards, "Walter Lippmann: American Skeptic, American Pastor" (Oxford UP, 2023)

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