In October 2017, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and NYU Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership Jonathan Haidt discussed moral dilemmas in the age of social media. The conversation was moderated by Larissa MacFarquhar (The New Yorker) and hosted by the Bronfman Center For Jewish Student Life at the NYU.
Not Your Parents’ Crisis: A Conversation between Rabbi Sacks and Prof Jonathan Haidt
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