Graham insists that a history of improvement is not the same thing as progress, but for most people it will do. He started with the belief that it could all be dealt with in a single volume, but by the end he realized that there was more to say. After considering values in the first volume, he apparently went on to consider the role of love in a second volume, and harmony in a third. Unlike much of the florid rhetoric on values currently in fashion, Singer takes a measured and modest approach. We create value by prioritizing our options and then pursuing our choices.
Singer examines the issues, but offers no easy answers.
The clue to his post-modern position lies in his title. Values are not embedded in nature, waiting to be found. Instead, they are the product of the human spirit, created to affirm life and give our projects a point. I read the book in just a day, but came away renewed from the strife of a decade. No liability for the implications or consequences of its use may be attributed to the author.