Won in a sensational auction, ETHICAL AMBITION was one of the hottest books sold last year'Timely and profound' Observer'A philosophical codebook on how to be good, and a non-dogmatic religious guide on how being good may run in direct contrast to the modern understanding of what a successful life should be.' The Observer
Derrick Bell was the first African American to be tenured at Harvard Law School. He is the author of FACES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL, a New York Times bestseller and currently teaches at the NYU Law School where he chairs the Derrick Bell Lecture Series.
""Ethical Ambition" moved me first to tears and then to action.
Derrick Bell writes with passion and beauty-rarely the gift of one
so scholarly. This new work is treasure I've been waiting
for."-"Essence"
"Derrick Bell's "Ethical Ambition" is a concise, beautifully
written guide to the true good life." -James McBride, author of
"The Color of Water" and "Miracle at St. Anna"
"Bell's book is timely ... [and] his solutions to our malaise are
both obvious and profound. Ethical saviors do not often come in the
shape of 72-year old men, but Derrick Bell is not a regular sort of
guy." -"CNN Money"
"Bell is the ultimate teacher, a mentor to us all." -Anna Deavere
Smith
"Bell's book eloquently updates the ethical recipe for the age of
the corporate rat race." -Baltimore Herald
""Ethical Ambition moved me first to tears and then to action.
Derrick Bell writes with passion and beauty-rarely the gift of one
so scholarly. This new work is treasure I've been waiting
for."-"Essence
"Derrick Bell's "Ethical Ambition is a concise, beautifully written
guide to the true good life." -James McBride, author of "The Color
of Water and "Miracle at St. Anna
"Bell's book is timely ... [and] his solutions to our malaise are
both obvious and profound. Ethical saviors do not often come in the
shape of 72-year old men, but Derrick Bell is not a regular sort of
guy." -"CNN Money
"Bell is the ultimate teacher, a mentor to us all." -Anna Deavere
Smith
"Bell's book eloquently updates the ethical recipe for the age of
the corporate rat race." -Baltimore Herald
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