[PW] Seven Societal Ills

[Shari Haber]

Gurus of Knowledge:

I am helplessly spinning my wheels, and I am hoping that somebody can 
recognize what I am looking for from my patron's decidedly scanty 
memory.

Years ago, in an English class, an English professor read to them from a 
book a list of seven causes that "society went bad." One of the causes 
was "man's inhumanity to man," and she wishes to know what the other six 
causes were. She does not remember any other details about what they 
were studying that might shed some light on this problem.

I came up with suspects such as ignorance, prejudice, poverty, greed , 
political repression, disease, etc., but could not find a set "list" 
that would make me realize, hey--this is what I am looking for. Does 
anybody know what my patron is referring to? Any ideas will be greatly 
appreciated. TIA.

Shari Haber
MCLS Reference Center
shaber at mcls.org