Bringing in a New Era in Character Education

edited by William Damon, Hoover Institution
2002

Another new edited volume on education from the Hoover Press, this one put together by Stanford education professor William Damon, addresses character education, a topic much discussed but little understood. In 190 pages, it pulls together 9 essays by interesting writers (e.g. Christina Hoff Sommers, Amitai Etzioni, Irving Kristol) plus an excellent introduction by Damon that doesn't shy away from either religion or patriotism as important wellsprings (and manifestations) of character. The ISBN is 0817929622 and you can obtain further information at http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/homepage/books/character.html.