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Title American values : opposing viewpoints / Mary E. Williams, book editor.

Imprint Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306 Am35 2005    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  303.3 WIL 2005    ---  Available
Description 204 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Patriotism should be promoted / William J. Bennett -- Patriotism should be abandoned / Robert Jensen -- Capitalism is beneficial / John Mueller -- Capitalism is not always beneficial / David Hilfiker -- Religion is essential to America / Joe Lieberman -- Religion is not essential to America / Dan Barker -- America's youth are in moral decline / James A. Lee -- America's youth are advancing morally / Jonathan V. Last -- Popular culture undermines American values / Steve Bonta -- Popular culture does not undermine American values / John Derbyshire -- Consumerism harms American culture / Dolores Curran -- Consumerism benefits American culture / James B. Twitchell -- Valuing diversity is patriotic / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Valuing diversity is not patriotic / David Warren Saxe -- Patriotism and liberalism are compatible / Craig Cox -- Patriotism of some liberals is questionable / Jonah Goldberg -- Supporting war is not patriotic / Howard Zinn -- Supporting the peace movement is not patriotic / David Horowitz -- Policies that favor the traditional family strengthen American values / Bridget Maher -- Policies that favor the traditional family threaten American values / Wendy Kaminer -- Commitment to the common good enhances American values / Larry Park Daloz -- Commitment to the common good endangers American values / Robert Tracinski -- Ten commandments should be publicly displayed / Justin Dyer -- Ten commandments should not be publicly displayed / J. R. Labbe.
Subject Social values.
United States -- Moral conditions.
Added Author Williams, Mary E., 1960-
ISBN 0737722207 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
0737722215 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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