Athanasios Moulakis was asked by the University of Colorado to undertake a formidable task: developing an innovative program called “Humanities for Engineers.” In order to address the grave problem of providing for the humane education of engineers, Moulakis was obliged to consider the larger purpose of “liberal arts education” and how that purpose relates to the education of professionals. Moulakis forcefully develops the thesis that ours is a time in which both the hopes and fears of humanity are inextricably linked with the development and use of technology. Moulakis discusses such topical issues as multiculturalism, the canon, and the dangers of parochialism in a global economic, political, and ecological system.