The Moral Idea That Influenced Everything

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 26, 2012

R. Jay Magill, Jr., host for NPR Worldwide's Berlin Journal in Germany and the author of Sincerity, discusses the single ideal that pervades history, religion, art and politics and has inspired everything from religious wars to "hipster chic."

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