This is a thought inspiring work which has the potential to change the reader's life for the better. Although seemingly simple upon first glance the author invites us to explore their deeper meanings, by devoting a chapter to each one. The book revolves around a code of ethics that the author calls 'The Twelve Trusts'. This book Is his attempt to help rectify this. Joseph Jacques, is a man who feels that civil society is not teaching it citizens how to live in a just manner. Dean Jacques explains it is not only OK to be chivalrous in our time chivalry is a part of the solution for some of our society's problems. Secondly the book explains chivalry is not an anachronism. In an extraordinary way Dean Jacques has made a code of chivalry (the twelve trusts) that maintains the vigor and sense of responsibility of the knights of past ages but which is remarkably modern. This book does two essential things for these men: First it updates the ancient codes of chivalry to a version that can be practiced in the 21st century. Each time a woman says "there are no true gentlemen any more" these men feel a stabbing pain in their soul. They secretly entertain such notions as honor, duty, virtue and courtesy but refrain from using them in public because they don't rhyme with rat race and corporate ladder. They dream about being a modern Knight of the Round Table, living their life according to a code of honor instead of what advertising and peer pressure tells them. There are grown up men who wish they could be more like the valiant knights of their childhood stories. If the concept is for you, reading the book may just be the start of the search for something you never knew was missing. The book would make an affirming and respectful gift from a woman to the man in her life, or even act as a thought-provoker for the father who, like myself, would like to promote goodness and strength of character in his young sons, rather than let popular culture and nihilism do the work for him. This he defines as each man's Quest the personal journey, against all odds, to do the right thing, for the right reasons and be all a man can and should be. Jacques carefully combines insights from his personal and professional life with non-denominational, spiritual philosophy into a system of self-observation and dealing with life's challenges. The absence of these values, according to the author, have not only made the world a less harmonious and safe place, but also disinherited men of their noble masculinity and sense of higher purpose in life. It is written that King Arthur spoke those words, after miraculously recovering from a fatal wound, but it can be seen as a metaphor for his maturing as a man.Ĭhivalry Now sets out 12 chivalric values that are so rarely witnessed and experienced these days.
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