Moral Leadership: Integrity, Courage, Imagination

Addressing the crisis in American public life entails more than personal virtue or having the correct opinions. Whether in a local community, an educational institution, or a global organization, it calls for genuine moral leadership, anchored in intellectual and ethical integrity, a vision of and commitment to the public good, and personal investment in transformative community. Drawing on a lifetime of witnessing, emulating, and nurturing such leadership, I propose a model for such leadership and ways in which readers in whatever context can discover and foster those qualities in themselves.