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What will our world look like post-COVID-19? Are we destined to live with the division, extremism, isolation, economic inequality and political polarization that have characterized society in recent years?
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks will address these and other timely questions as he joins the Wheatley Institution at Brigham Young University to discuss his latest book, Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times.
Rabbi Sacks believes that our current social crises come from the misplaced belief that societies can function on the basis of self-interest and without a common moral bond. He argues that a free society cannot be sustained by market economics and democratic politics alone. Free societies also require a cultural concern for a common good that honors the dignity of all, or, in other words, a common morality. Sacks will share how the concept of a social covenant -- as contrasted with the concept of a social contract -- can help restore a common moral bond in a post-COVID-19 world.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is an international religious leader, philosopher, and respected moral voice. The Chief Rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013 and the recipient of the 2016 Templeton Prize, he is an award-winning author of over thirty books, including Not in God’s Name. His new book, Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times, was a bestseller in the UK and was published in North America on September 1, 2020. A frequent and sought-after contributor to radio, television and the international press, and a renowned public speaker, Rabbi Sacks has degrees from both Cambridge and Oxford universities and has been awarded 18 honorary degrees. He was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 2005 and took his seat in the House of Lords in October 2009. Born in 1948 in London, he has been married to Elaine since 1970. They have three children and several grandchildren.