From the Book - First American Edition.
Finding meaning in modern times: An overview
I. Love, family, and friendship: Some reflections on modern culture
The higher sex education: Help from an old story (with Amy Kass)
Virtually intimate: Is the Internet good for love and friendship?
What's your name? (with Amy Kass)
II. Human excellence and human dignity: Real and distorted
Ageless bodies, happy souls: Biotechnology and the pursuit of happiness
Human dignity: What it is and why it matters
For the love of the game: The dignity of sport (with Eric Cohen)
A dignified death and its enemies: Why doctors must not kill
A more perfect human: The promise and peril of modern science
III. In search of wisdom: Learning, teaching, and truth
The aims of liberal education: On seeking truth
Looking for an honest man: The case of humanities
Science, religion, and the human future
IV. The aspirations of humankind: Athens, Jerusalem, Gettysburg
Human flourishing and human excellence: The truth(s) of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
The Gettysburg Address: Abraham Lincoln's refounding of the nation.
