Rushworth Moulton Kidder (May 8, 1944 – March 5, 2012) was an American author, ethicist, and professor. Kidder founded the

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in 1990, and is the author of ''Moral Courage'' and ''How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living''. He was born in

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. He worked as a columnist and editor for ''

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''. Kidder died in 2012 of natural causes in

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at the age of 67. Kidder earned a doctorate from

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in English and comparative literature and wrote the foreword to ''Compassion Wins'', by

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.Godfrey John, ''Compassion Wins'' (2001), pp. v-vi.

Selected bibliography

*''Good Kids, Tough Choices: How Parents Can Help Their Children Do the Right Thing"(2010), *''The Ethics Recession: Reflections on the Moral Underpinnings of the Current Economic Crisis"(2009), *''Moral Courage'' (2005), *''How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living'' (1995), *''Shared Values for a Troubled World: Conversations With Men and Women of Conscience'' (1994), *"Heartland Ethics: Voices from the American Midwest" editor (1992),
"In the Backyards of Our Lives"
(1992), *''Reinventing the Future: Global Goals for the 21st Century'' (1989),

References

External links

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