The Harvard sampler : liberal education for the twenty-first century /

These familiar subjects [addressed in The Harvard Sampler] occupy syllabi throughout the academy and are debated in the media every day-their relevance is unquestioned. If there is a common thread, a "conversation" across the chapters, it might be one of choice: How do we make decisions, i...

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Other Authors: Hammonds, Evelynn Maxine, Kosslyn, Stephen Michael, 1948-, Shephard, Jennifer M
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011
Cambridge, Mass. : 2011
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Table of Contents:
  • Enhancing religious literacy in a liberal arts education through the study of Islam and Muslim societies / Ali S. Asani
  • American literature and the American environment : there never was an "is" without a "where" / Lawrence Buell
  • The Internet and Hieronymus Bosch : fear, protection, and liberty in cyberspace / Harry R. Lewis
  • Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution : pattern, process, and the evidence / Jonathan B. Losos
  • Global history for an era of globalization : an introduction / Charles S. Maier
  • Medical detectives / Karin B. Michels
  • The human mind / Steven Pinker
  • Securing human rights intellectually : philosophical inquiries about the universal declaration / Mathias Risse
  • What is morality? / T.M. Scanlon
  • Energy resources and the environment : a chapter on applied science / John H. Shaw
  • Interracial literature / Werner Sollors
  • "Pursuits of happiness" : dark threads in the history of the American revolution / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
  • Enhancing religious literacy in a liberal arts education through the study of Islam and Muslim societies / Ali S. Asani
  • American literature and the American environment : there never was an "is" without a "where" / Lawrence Buell
  • The Internet and Hieronymus Bosch : fear, protection, and liberty in cyberspace / Harry R. Lewis
  • Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution : pattern, process, and the evidence for evolution / Jonathan B. Losos
  • Global history for an era of globalization : an introduction / Charles S. Maier
  • Medical detectives / Karin B. Michels
  • The human mind / Steven Pinker
  • Securing human rights intellectually : philosophical inquiries about the universal declaration / Mathias Risse
  • What is morality? / T.M. Scanlon
  • Energy resources and the environment : a chapter on applied science / John H. Shaw
  • Interracial literature / Werner Sollors
  • "Pursuits of happiness" : legacies of the American revolution / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich