Just how do we do make the choices that are most important in our lives? What shapes those choices and how do they shape our futures? Its a deep subject, and the author famously posits that there are only 6 primary things that shape our decisions, but 78 different value systems which impact those 6. He includes discussions of what personal values are, how we develop them, and what alternatives exist. Our diverse cultures do make a difference, he postulates, as they explain how our value systems evolved and why they uniquely serve (or don't serve...) us. 

This thoroughly researched and thoughtful book is used in classrooms at Harvard and around the world. It's been praised by educators from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, the Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Virginia, Berea College and elsewhere. (See testimonials on back cover.)

Very Good Condition. One page has very small crease at top; an original price sticker is on front cover.