Because I Say So: Moral Authority's Dangerous Appeal - Stern, Nikki
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BECAUSE I SAY SO is a provocative exploration of the role of moral authority in contemporary American culture. Stern begins with her own experiences as a 9/11 widow and goes on to examine the connection between moral authority and certainty to demonstrate how fear or close-mindedness might cause some to cede the high ground and others to claim it. Finally, she suggests that critical thinking, combines with a tempered optimism, might lift us past our desperate need for absolutes. desperate need for certainty and towards a more practical approach. This heartful and at times humorous book ends on a cautiously hopeful note.…mehr

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BECAUSE I SAY SO is a provocative exploration of the role of moral authority in contemporary American culture. Stern begins with her own experiences as a 9/11 widow and goes on to examine the connection between moral authority and certainty to demonstrate how fear or close-mindedness might cause some to cede the high ground and others to claim it. Finally, she suggests that critical thinking, combines with a tempered optimism, might lift us past our desperate need for absolutes. desperate need for certainty and towards a more practical approach. This heartful and at times humorous book ends on a cautiously hopeful note.
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Nikki Stern is the author of HOPE IN SMALL DOSES, an Eric Hoffer Medal Finalist for books that inspire, provoke and redirect thought." Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and Humanist Magazine as well as in three anthologies. She's the author of more than a dozen short stories and has begun a mystery series about an unusual crime fighter named Sam Tate.