Yuval Levin is editor of National Aff airs and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC.Thomas W. Merrill is assistant professor of government at American University in Washington, DC, and was a senior research analyst at the President’s Council on Bioethics.Adam Schulman is a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis, and was a senior research consultant at the President’s Council on Bioethics.

This book is a liberal education in itself. The friends and students of Leon Kass have written engagingly and searchingly about literature, politics, science, philosophy, and God in the generous, humane, and dignified spirit of their philosopher-physician-scientist mentor. Each and every chapter is a gem; my compliments to the editors for paying such meticulous attention to detail and form.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Career of Leon KassChapter 2 Chapter 1: The Homecoming of PenelopeChapter 3 Chapter 2: The World through Ben's BifocalsChapter 4 Chapter 3: Medicalizing ChildhoodChapter 5 Chapter 4: Washington SquareChapter 6 Chapter 5: The Silence of the SpartanChapter 7 Chapter 6: Torah TransformedChapter 8 Chapter 7: Leon Kass and the PoetsChapter 9 Chapter 8: Toward a Richer Public BioethicsChapter 10 Chapter 9: Philosophic Anthropology in Rousseau and Elizabeth Marshall ThomasChapter 11 Chapter 10: Self-knowledge and Moral Seriousness in Jane Austen's Pride and PrejudiceChapter 12 Chapter 11: From Hearth-Fires to Hell-FiresChapter 13 Chapter 12: Fraternity in AntigoneChapter 14 Chapter 13: Children of SkepticsChapter 15 Chapter 14: The God-Seeking AnimalChapter 16 Chapter 15: The Traditional AnimalChapter 17 Courses Taught by Leon R. KassChapter 18 Published Writings of Leon R. Kass

Yuval Levin is editor of National Aff airs and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC.Thomas W. Merrill is assistant professor of government at American University in Washington, DC, and was a senior research analyst at the President’s Council on Bioethics.Adam Schulman is a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis, and was a senior research consultant at the President’s Council on Bioethics.

This book is a liberal education in itself. The friends and students of Leon Kass have written engagingly and searchingly about literature, politics, science, philosophy, and God in the generous, humane, and dignified spirit of their philosopher-physician-scientist mentor. Each and every chapter is a gem; my compliments to the editors for paying such meticulous attention to detail and form.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Career of Leon KassChapter 2 Chapter 1: The Homecoming of PenelopeChapter 3 Chapter 2: The World through Ben's BifocalsChapter 4 Chapter 3: Medicalizing ChildhoodChapter 5 Chapter 4: Washington SquareChapter 6 Chapter 5: The Silence of the SpartanChapter 7 Chapter 6: Torah TransformedChapter 8 Chapter 7: Leon Kass and the PoetsChapter 9 Chapter 8: Toward a Richer Public BioethicsChapter 10 Chapter 9: Philosophic Anthropology in Rousseau and Elizabeth Marshall ThomasChapter 11 Chapter 10: Self-knowledge and Moral Seriousness in Jane Austen's Pride and PrejudiceChapter 12 Chapter 11: From Hearth-Fires to Hell-FiresChapter 13 Chapter 12: Fraternity in AntigoneChapter 14 Chapter 13: Children of SkepticsChapter 15 Chapter 14: The God-Seeking AnimalChapter 16 Chapter 15: The Traditional AnimalChapter 17 Courses Taught by Leon R. KassChapter 18 Published Writings of Leon R. Kass

Yuval Levin is editor of National Aff airs and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC.Thomas W. Merrill is assistant professor of government at American University in Washington, DC, and was a senior research analyst at the President’s Council on Bioethics.Adam Schulman is a tutor at St. John’s College, Annapolis, and was a senior research consultant at the President’s Council on Bioethics.

This book is a liberal education in itself. The friends and students of Leon Kass have written engagingly and searchingly about literature, politics, science, philosophy, and God in the generous, humane, and dignified spirit of their philosopher-physician-scientist mentor. Each and every chapter is a gem; my compliments to the editors for paying such meticulous attention to detail and form.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Career of Leon KassChapter 2 Chapter 1: The Homecoming of PenelopeChapter 3 Chapter 2: The World through Ben's BifocalsChapter 4 Chapter 3: Medicalizing ChildhoodChapter 5 Chapter 4: Washington SquareChapter 6 Chapter 5: The Silence of the SpartanChapter 7 Chapter 6: Torah TransformedChapter 8 Chapter 7: Leon Kass and the PoetsChapter 9 Chapter 8: Toward a Richer Public BioethicsChapter 10 Chapter 9: Philosophic Anthropology in Rousseau and Elizabeth Marshall ThomasChapter 11 Chapter 10: Self-knowledge and Moral Seriousness in Jane Austen's Pride and PrejudiceChapter 12 Chapter 11: From Hearth-Fires to Hell-FiresChapter 13 Chapter 12: Fraternity in AntigoneChapter 14 Chapter 13: Children of SkepticsChapter 15 Chapter 14: The God-Seeking AnimalChapter 16 Chapter 15: The Traditional AnimalChapter 17 Courses Taught by Leon R. KassChapter 18 Published Writings of Leon R. Kass