Danielle Allen is an American political scientist. She is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is also the former Director of the Edmond & Lily Center for Ethics at Harvard University.
Her book essentially on the inequalities among people. People are inherently unequal in their brain power, their basic health, their family life, and their participation in public life. She focuses on justice, democracy, and democratic aspirations. She references the basic elements of our democracy: Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Federalist Papers. None of these spells out specifics, but serve to guide citizens in how they deal with reality which, by definition, is constantly changing. The book zeroes in on the need to understand and respond to the problems that will be consistent with these documents.
Human interaction varies dependent on their understanding of the problems in their home, neighborhood, nation, and the world at large. Regardless of the problems, she emphasizes the principles that will address them. She focuses on social and economic issues and stresses the need to bridge the divide.
She has the ability to address issues that help to understand the basic needs and challenges while seeking answers that will heal the differences and keep our democracy alive!
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