Introduction - Optimism and the membership problem; The plan of the book - Understanding the history and cause of the problem - Freemasonry and social change: 1800-1850; Freemasonry and social change: 1850-1950; Freemasonry and social change: 1950-present; Phase 1: The end of rules; Phase 2: Show me the money; The implications of phases 1 & 2; Phase 3: The end of decency; Reflections on phase 3 - Being positive - A certain trumpet; The need for Freemasonry 1; Social capital and the decline of trust; Building social capital - The need for Freemasonry 2 - A purpose to life; Values and relativity; Morality and context - The Masonic life - A bastion for the moral life; The virtues of Freemasonry - Management and masonry - Practice and institution: managing our future - Reminders - Reminder of the main points of the book; Recommended actions - Notes - List of illustrations; Bibliography; Notes (See bibliography for full attribution of works quoted)
Dr David West gained his first degree in Philosophy from the University of Exeter and his doctorate of and in Philosophy from the University of Leicester. He taught at universities in England and Canada and his later business career included Ford and Xerox. He served on government committees on the future of work, was an adviser to a Cabinet Minister and founded The Working Manager Ltd, creating the core content of its management education process. An active Freemason, he is a member of four lodges and four chapters under the English Constitution. His mother lodge is St Laurence No. 5511
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