THE ORDINARY VIRTUES

What moral values do human beings hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are our values converging or dive rging? In particular, are human rights becoming a global ethic? These were the questions that led Michael Ignatieff to embark on a t hree-year, eight-nation journey in search of answers. The Ordinary Virtues presents Ignatieffs discoveries and his interpretation o f what globalization?and resistance to it?is doing to our conscience and our moral understanding.Through dialogues with favela dwell ers in Br...[Read more]