Resources
Our Enlightened Governance approach has been informed and influenced by a number of thoughtful authors. If you would like to learn more about the concepts and ideas that serve as the foundation for our work, we’d suggest the following reading list.
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"Righteous Attitudes, Ideological Purity Tests, Zero-Sum Thinking: How Philanthropy Stokes Division"
Kristen Cambell - in The Commons, a forum of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 2, 2024.
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Free Speech and Why It Matters
Andrew Doyle, Constable Press, 2021.
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The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
Andrew Doyle, Constable Press, 2022.
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The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth.
Amy C. Edmondson, John Wiley & Sons, 2019.
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know.
Adam Grant, Viking, 2021.
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
Jonathan Haidt, Vintage Books Press, 2013.
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True Diversity: Legal Overview & Recommendations for Employers
Stephanie Holmes, Publication of the Philanthropy Roundtable, October 2022.
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The Legal Obligations of Nonprofit Boards: A Guidebook for Board Members
Jacqueline C. Leifer and Michael B. Glomb, National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1997.
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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting up a Generation for Failure
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, 2018.
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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All - But There Is a Solution
Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott, Simon and Schuster, 2023.
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Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate
Greg Lukianoff, Encounter Books, 2014.
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The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
Yascha Mounk, Penguin Press, 2023.
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker, Viking, 2018.
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The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
Jonathan Rauch, Brookings Institution Press, 2021.
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Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought
Jonathan Rauch, University of Chicago Press, 1993.