The Insecurity of Freedom

“America’s problem number one is... the promotion of spiritual homicide, the systematic liquidation of man as a person,” writes Dr. Heschel. Inquiring first into the day-to-day problems of our age, these essays uncover deeper concerns underlying social manifestations. Are we free when we fill our material needs merely? Isn’t the heart of the relationship between doctor and patient to be found in the discovery of compassion and not in the technology of medicine? Have we betrayed our children by making their education a means and not an end? Dr. Heschel calls for radical solutions, for grappling with the fundamental features of human existence. With knowledge and insight, he illuminates the perplexities of modern man and points the way toward a sense of significant being.