This was written in May 2000, but the following bit sounds like it was written May 2017. > In conclusion, I want to confess what my real goals are in teaching

This was written in May 2000, but the following bit sounds like it was written May 2017. > In conclusion, I want to confess what my real goals are in teaching this material. In a society in which information is passed in 60 second sound bites and reasoning limited to monosyllabic simple sentences, careful, analytic thinking is in danger of extinction. And this is a grave danger in a democratic society beset by a host of very complex moral and social problems.