by David Brooks
Brooks argues that modern life trains us to climb the first mountain of individual achievement but leaves us hollow, and that fulfilment comes from the second mountain of commitment to a spouse, vocation, faith, and community. He marshals moral philosophy, psychology, and profiles of exemplary lives to distinguish self-centreed happiness from other-centreed joy.
In this collection, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life references 5 other books.
It draws on Man's Search for Meaning, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Denial of Death.
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Draws heavily on Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning as the central text for his claim that commitment to something beyond the self is what produces joy
Engages Covey's 7 Habits distinction between personality ethic and character ethic, extending Covey's argument into an account of moral formation
Cites Becker's Denial of Death to frame the first mountain's achievements as heroism projects that cannot survive contact with mortality
Builds directly on his own Social Animal, extending its moral-psychology argument into a normative account of what a committed life requires
Engages Haidt's Righteous Mind taxonomy of moral foundations, using it to argue that liberal individualism neglects loyalty, sanctity, and authority
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