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Benjamin Friedman talked about his book The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, published by Knopf. In his book he argues that rather than being bad for our “moral character” economic gro…

Amitai Etzioni talked about his memoir My Brother’s Keeper: A Memoir and a Message, published by Rowman and Littlefield. He talked about his life as an activist, an Israeli soldier, and as …

Mr. Etzioni talked about his new book, The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democratic Society, as well as the need for freedom and the need for community. After his prepared rem…

Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) spoke about the existence of a values crisis in the United States. He outlined various responses by individuals to this, including his and others' efforts to cau…

Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) talked about the importance of character building through personal experiences. He emphasized that discipline and taking responsibility are the most important evi…

Senator Paul Simon, D-Illinois, spoke about the need to make television more educational and what both citizens and Congress can do to achieve this goal.

Senator Kassebaum spoke about the importance of community-oriented actions to deal with a variety of social issues. She stressed that people need to continue to link themselves to their loca…

At a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, Mr. Amitai Etzioni, Communitarian Network Chairman, talked about the broadening of the communitarian movement to create a democrati…

In a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, Mr. Bennett talked about how society can teach character and morality through communities and schools. He also talked about his pub…

At a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, President Clinton addressed communitarian leaders on the importance of their three concepts: opportunity, responsibility and commun…

At a two-day White House Conference on Character Building, Secretary Riley talked about how public education can build character without infringing on the students' constitutional rights. Af…

Participants talked about how welfare programs could be reformed in order to encourage work. Governor Bill Weld, R-MA, shared his state’s reform proposal, and the prospects for federal appro…

George Washington University Sociology Professor Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian movement, discussed his book The Politics of Virtue and his other writings in a speech to a luncheon au…