Commentary: What is America, where is it and how shall it live?

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ince Socrates first asked, some 2,500 years ago, the searching question, “how shall I live?,” philosophers and others exploring the great ethical choices we humans must make across the years, those advocating self-awareness have encouraged consideration of our values and beliefs to determine the essential, defining answers to profound questions including “who am I” and, more broadly, “where am I,” those that keep college coffee shops open into the wee hours of the morning as students engage in deep dive conversations that begin to shape their lives.