Download or read book Why We Need the Humanities written by Donald Drakeman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entrepreneur and educator highlights the surprising influence of humanities scholarship on biomedical research and civil liberties. This spirited defence urges society to support the humanities to obtain continued guidance for public policy decisions, and challenges scholars to consider how best to fulfil their role in serving the common good.