LEADER 04529nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910452808403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-300-17161-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300171617 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105009 035 $a(EBL)3420961 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000720541 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11427797 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000720541 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10668613 035 $a(PQKB)10751829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420961 035 $a(DE-B1597)486126 035 $a(OCoLC)1059251873 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300171617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420961 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579360 035 $a(OCoLC)923600336 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105009 100 $a20100610d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 03$aAn ethical compass$b[electronic resource] $ecoming of age in the 21st century : the ethics prize of the Elie Wiesel foundation for humanity /$fpreface by Elie Wiesel ; foreword by Thomas L. Friedman 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-16915-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tThe Ethics of South African Identity -- $tDeaths in Paradise -- $tOne February Morning -- $tBlack and White in the Land of Israel/Palestine -- $tThe Bosnian Women -- $tOf Borders, Infidels, and the Ethic of Love -- $tJustice-For Whom? -- $tIn Times of Darkness -- $tThe Secret of Redemption -- $tMemory, Loss, and Revitalizing Democracy -- $tToward a Civil Society -- $tTatyana's Glory -- $tMade by Us -- $tThe Mask -- $tChoices and Challenges -- $tPublic Sins and Private Needs -- $tEthics Through a Cracked Windshield -- $tBridges -- $tForty-three Cents -- $tThe Ethics of Transformation -- $tWho Killed Superman? -- $tEthics Education Toward a More Moral Society -- $tTearing Down the Lazaretto -- $tIdentifiable Lives -- $tTheir Lives in Our Hands -- $tSuicide and Public Speaking -- $tThe Duty of Cock-Eyed Angels -- $tGod in Our Ethics -- $tMuhammad Is Not -- $tRaising the Shield of the First Amendment -- $tWinners of the Ethics Prize 330 $aIn 1986, Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his victory over "the powers of death and degradation, and to support the struggle of good against evil in the world." Soon after, he and his wife, Marion, created the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. A project at the heart of the Foundation's mission is its Ethics Prize, an essay writing contest through which thousands of students from colleges across the country are encouraged to confront ethical issues of personal significance. The Ethics Prize has grown exponentially over the past twenty years. "Of all the projects our Foundation has been involved in, none has been more exciting than this opportunity to inspire young students to examine the ethical aspect of what they have learned in their personal lives and from their teachers in the classroom," writes Elie Wiesel. Readers will find essays on Bosnia, the genocide in Rwanda, sweatshops and globalization, and the political obligations of the mothers of Argentina's Disappeared. Other essays tell of a white student who joins a black gospel choir, a young woman who learns to share in Ladakh, and the outsize implications of reporting on something as small as a cracked windshield. Readers will be fascinated by the ways in which essays on conflict, conscience, memory, illness (Rachel Maddow's essay on AIDS appears), and God overlap and resonate with one another. These essays reflect those who are "sensitive to the sufferings and defects that confront a society yearning for guidance and eager to hear ethical voices," writes Elie Wiesel. "And they are a beacon for what our schools must realize as an essential component of a true education.". 606 $aEthics, Modern$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEthics, Modern 676 $a170 701 $aWiesel$b Elie$f1928-$0280901 701 $aFriedman$b Thomas L$0299282 712 02$aElie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452808403321 996 $aAn ethical compass$92456671 997 $aUNINA