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Leadership Lessons From The Great Books #71 – The Scarlet Letter: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne w/Libby Unger

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne w/Libby Unger

  • Welcome and Introduction 
  • The Matrons on Hester Prynne
  • The Literary Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Critiques of Hawthorne From the Right and the Left
  • The Power of Geography and Place
  • The “Margaret Atwood”-ization of Feminism
  • Laws of Nature Versus Laws of Man
  • Protestant Strain in ‘Woke’ Politics
  • Religion of Experts
  • Leaders Dance With Their Need for Certainty
  • Repentance with Elijah or Obadiah
  • Leading Moral Grandstanders and Followers with Bullhorns
  • The Distraction of Puffery
  • Applauding the Seven Deadly Sins in 2023
  • Revenge Served By Roger Chillingworth
  • Original Sin Lays in the Heart of All Men
  • On the Psychology of Moral Guilt About Historical Wrongs
  • Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
  • Follow Your Heart is Terrible Advice
  • The “Quantum Leap” Theory of Judging the Past
  • Force Without Moral Authority is Tyranny
  • Putting Chaos Back in the Box
  • Leaders, Focus on Outcomes and What You’re Seeking to Create
  • Sheep, Sheepdogs, and Wolves
  • Hester Prynne at Her Needle
  • Hester Prynne’s Repentance is Also Her Revenge
  • Leadership Challenges of Mr. Dimmesdale
  • Stay on the Leadership Path with The Scarlet Letter


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