The Ethics of Authenticity

Everywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, perhaps 50 years ago, perhaps centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us along its dubious path. While some lament the slide of Western culture into relativism and nihilism and others celebrate the trend as a liberating progress, Charles Taylor calls on readers to face the moral and political crises of our time, and to make the most of modernity's challenges.