“On Cultivating Liberty is a compelling brief against the moral deregulation that threatens the free market and the democratic experiment alike.”

Mary Ann Glendon
Harvard Law School

“Michael Novak’s concern over many years has been to ground the defense of capitalism in a long tradition of Western moral reflection. This collection of essays presents this concern in a compact and highly lucid form.”

Peter L. Berger
Boston University

“Novak demonstrates with calm clarity how a proper understanding of liberty and its moral ecology leads not only to the good life but to good lives. A major contribution to resolving issues that still vex us at the end of the century.”

Robert Royal
Ethics and Public Policy Center