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On Character: Essays

On Character: Essays Paperback - 1995

by Wilson, James Q

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Washington, D.C. : AEI Press,. Paperback. ix, 234pp. Expanded edition. 1. Introduction: Thinking about Character; 2. The Rediscovery of Character: Private Virtue; 3. Incivility and Crime; 4. Character and Biology; 5. Character and Families; 6. Character and Young People: The 1940s; 7. Character and Young People: The 1960s; 8. Character versus Intellect: Habits of the Heart; 9. Liberalism versus a Liberal Education; 10. Character and Community: The Problem of Broken Windows / James Q. Wilson and George Kelling; 11. The Enduring Problem of Business Ethics; 12. Character and Ecstasy: Against the Legalization of Drugs; 13. Learning More about Character - How Do Children Grow Up?; 14. The Moral Sense. Rubbed to corners. Very faded to spine and edges. Clean and sound. Good+, sound copy . Paperback. 1995.
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  • Title On Character: Essays
  • Author Wilson, James Q
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition expanded
  • Pages 243
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Washington, D.C. : AEI Press,, Washington, D.C.
  • Date 1995
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 13599
  • ISBN 9780844737874 / 0844737879
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 5.94 x 0.72 in (23.22 x 15.09 x 1.83 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Moral conditions, Social ethics - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95194495
  • Dewey Decimal Code 170

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From the rear cover

'It is difficult to imagine any subject more crucial to the analysis of social affairs today than that of character. And it is impossible to imagine any book more enlightening on this subject than this collection of essays by one of our most distinguished social thinkers. Ranging from private virtues through public policies, from education through crime, from the 1940s through the 1990s, James Q. Wilson provides original and provocative commentaries on our most urgent problems.' - Gertrude Himmelfarb, Author, The De-Moralization of Society: From Victory Virtues to Modern Values

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About the author

James Q. Wilson is a professor of management at the University of California at Los Angeles.

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