Real American Ethics: Taking Responsibility for Our Country Book

Borgmann takes us on a trip through the personal and communal virtues that he says make up uniquely American ethics. Having read the whole book, I'm not sure what about them are particularly "American" or how universal they truly are. Basically he wants us to stop buying into consumer culture and focus on living socially responsible urban lives. I don't disagree with his ideas about what constitutes the "good life" but I don't know that everyone would agree or necessarily should. And I really don't understand how his ideal is distinct from anywhere else in the world. That said, this book wasn't nearly as painful to read as I thought it would be.