Lost Art of Drawing the Line: How Fairness Went Too Far / Philip K. Howard. - Hardcover

Howard, Philip

 
9780375504228: Lost Art of Drawing the Line: How Fairness Went Too Far / Philip K. Howard.
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0375504222 ISBN 13: 9780375504228
Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2001

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The author of The Death of Common Sense discusses the devastating implications of well-meaning efforts to protect the individual, especially in terms of the resulting loss of individual freedom in contemporary society and the loss of accountability, accompanied by trenchant examples of modern society run amok. 100,000 first printing..

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

<b>Philip K. Howard</b> is the author of bestselling <i>The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America </i>(Random House, 1995) and is a contributor to the op-ed pages of <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> and <i>The New York Times</i>. Howard, an advisor to leaders of both political parties, including Vice President Al Gore and Bob Dole, is a prominent lawyer and civic leader. A native of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, he lives in New York City with his wife and four children.<br>

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st Art of Drawing the Line</b> will appall and irritate — and entertain — readers every bit as much as Philip Howard’s first book. Why is it that no one can fix the schools? Why do ordinary judgements fill doctors with fear? Why are seesaws disappearing from playgrounds? Why has a wave of selfish people overtaken America?<br><br>In our effort to protect the individual against unfair decisions, we have created a society where no one’s in charge of anything. Silly lawsuits strike fear in our hearts because judges don’t think they have the authority to dismiss them. Inner-city schools are filthy and mired in a cycle of incompetence because no one has the authority to decide who’s doing the job and who’s not.<br><br>When no one’s in charge, we all lose our link to the common good. When principals lack authority over schools, of what use are the parents’ views? When no one can judge right and wrong, why not be as selfish as you ca

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Verlag
Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0375504222
ISBN 13 
9780375504228
Einband
Tapa dura
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
255
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