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In collaboration with Georgetown University Press, we present Marylene Delbourg-Delphis and her new book Beyond Eureka! Join us for a conversation on Oct 24th at the INSEAD SF Hub. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gc_pYCKT Amit Akhelikar Isabelle Finger Emilia Pasquier Guy Kawasaki Mary Carey Maria Reis Liz Krymalowski Mara Larson-Richard

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Enter for as chance to win your copy of Thinking Bigger by Sarah Dusek, an essential guide for women entrepreneurs to getting the financing they need to build big businesses and change our world https://bit.ly/3Txa8C2 #goodreadsgiveaway #bookgiveaway

Societally sanctioned competition for money, power, and fame promotes selfishness, personal alienation, and widespread inequality, especially in market-oriented economies. Yet many of those engaging in this competitive individualism—the competition for rewards and limited resources—yearn to act directly to promote a more civil, equitable, and sustainable society. Enlightened Self-Interest by Thomas Bussen is a meticulously researched reexamination of hypercompetition and zero-sum thinking that offers evidence-based insights into the societal and individual consequences of this cultural practice and an actionable alternative to it. https://lnkd.in/d94gGvP8

Based on both English and Russian sources, The Russian FSB by Kevin P. Riehle is a well-researched introduction to understanding the FSB and its central role in Putin’s Russia. https://bit.ly/3zEuHoW

The images we use to think about moral character are powerful. They inform our understanding of the moral virtues and the ways in which moral character develops. However, this aspect of virtue ethics is rarely discussed. In Ecological Moral Character, Nancy M. Rourke creates an ecological model through which we can form images of moral character. She integrates concepts of ecology with Thomas Aquinas' vision and describes the dynamics of a moral character in terms of the processes and functions that take place in an ecosystem. The virtues, the passions, the will, and the intellect, are also described in terms of this model. Ecological Moral Character asks readers to choose deliberately the models we use to imagine moral character and offers this ecological virtue model as a vital framework for a period of environmental crisis. https://bit.ly/3xST95s

The current political atmosphere would suggest that law is imposed only from above, specifically by the chief executive acting upon some sort of perceived populist mandate. In Law from Below, Elisabeth Rain Kincaid shows that the theology of the early modern legal theorist and theologian, Francisco Suárez, SJ may be successfully retrieved to provide a constructive model of legal engagement for Christians today. Ultimately, Law from Below argues that the dialogue between legislators and the community provides Christian activists with a range of options for constructively engaging with law in order to have a positive impact on society. https://bit.ly/4bE27l4

While teaching ethics is universally applauded, how one goes about it is much more difficult and contested than is often recognized. On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics addresses what it means to teach and learn ethics through a thorough comparison of two ethicists, Henry Sidgwick and F. D. Maurice. Long expands the discipline of ethics through the central theme of his work: that moral life is a gift rather than an achievement. He provides a clear argument in favor of a more holistic approach to teaching ethics. https://bit.ly/4cAR2T3

#OTD in 1790 the United States Congress passed the Residence Act, selecting a site on the Potomac River as the permanent U.S. capital. In celebration, we've put together a reading list of books about the history and culture of the District of Columbia. https://lnkd.in/eTVUd4GS