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The Lost Art of Drawing the Line: How the Common Good Collapses When No One Is in Charge

by Howard, Philip K.

  • ISBN: 9780375504228
  • ISBN10: 0375504222

The Lost Art of Drawing the Line: How the Common Good Collapses When No One Is in Charge

by Howard, Philip K.

  • List Price: $22.95
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: Random House Trade
  • Publish date: 12/01/2000
  • ISBN: 9780375504228
  • ISBN10: 0375504222
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Description: The Lost Art of Drawing the Line 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 judgments fill doctors with fear? Why are seesaws disappearing from playgrounds? Why has a wave of selfish people overtaken America? 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. 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 can be? Philip Howard traces our well-meaning effort to protect individuals through the twentieth century, with the unintended result that we have lost much of our individual freedom. Buttressed with scores of stories that make you want to collar the next self-centered jerk or hapless bureaucrat, The Lost Art of Drawing the Line demonstrates once again that Philip Howard is "trying to drive us all sane".
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