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Apr 2019
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David Brooks' Moral Journey

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Tina Brown talks with David Brooks, the New York Times op-ed columnist and author of the new book The Second Mountain. Brooks posits that decades of unfettered individualism and social freedom have left us all morally adrift. But he has identified four principles that can get one out this collective moral ditch and onto the path of a purposeful life: devotion to family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and a commitment to community.  

Tina and David also discuss the Republican Party in the age of Trump and what almost all commencement speeches get wrong.



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