Freedom and Equality: the Human Ethical Enigma

Freedom and Equality is an engaging examination of who we are as ethical beings and an explanation of why we behave the way we do when confronted with value conflicts. An awareness of right and wrong is rooted in all of us through our biological and cultural heritage. We all have a moral sense; it emerged from eons of evolution followed by millennia of social interaction; it is simple and obvious and provides a framework of easily understood imperatives that guide our behavior. Freedom and Equality traces this indwelling ethical understanding through the history of western ethical thought and applies, in a refreshingly straight forward way, our natural ethical wisdom to common contemporary issues; it is a fascinating mix of past and present that offers incredible insights about how we became who we are and why we act so predictably.