Dimensions
159 x 235 x 25mm
In pursuit of an answer to the question of what would constitute a perfect world, author Ken Spiro questioned more than 1500 people of various backgrounds and religions. The result is a highly readable and well-documented book about the origins of values and virtues in Western civilisation as influenced by the Greeks, Romans, Christians, Muslims and, most significantly, the Jews.
His findings revealed six core elements: respect for human life; peace and harmony; justice and equality; education; family; and social responsibility. He then set off on a journey to find out why these were such common goals across cultural, economic, social and racial lines and, in the process, traced the history of the development of world religions, values and ethics.
As a rabbi, he paid particular attention to how Judaism impacted, and was influenced by, the course of these developments. The result is a highly readable and well-documented book about the origins of values and virtues in Western civilisation as influenced by the Greeks, Romans, Christians, Muslims and, most significantly, the Jews.
