Moral clarity : a guide for grown-up idealists
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Moral clarity : a guide for grown-up idealists
Princeton University Press, 2009
Rev. ed
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Bibliography: p. [447]-455
Includes index
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Description
For years, moral language has been the province of the Right, as the Left has consoled itself with rudderless pragmatism. In this profound and powerful book, Susan Neiman reclaims the vocabulary of morality--good and evil, heroism and nobility--as a lingua franca for the twenty-first century. In constructing a framework for taking responsible action on today's urgent questions, Neiman reaches back to the eighteenth century, retrieving a series of values--happiness, reason, reverence, and hope--held high by Enlightenment thinkers. In this thoroughly updated edition, Neiman reflects on how the moral language of the 2008 presidential campaign has opened up new political and cultural possibilities in America and beyond.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1 PART ONE: Ideal and Real Chapter 1: Hard Facts 29 Chapter 2: Ideals and Ideology 60 Chapter 3: Facing Gallows 93 PART TWO: Enlightenment Values Chapter 4: Myths or Monsters 121 Chapter 5: Heaven and Earth 138 Chapter 6: Happiness 163 Chapter 7: Reason 189 Chapter 8: Reverence 226 Chapter 9: Hope 253 PART THREE: Good and Evil Chapter 10: The Odyssey: An Excursion 299 Chapter 11: What about Evil? 334 Chapter 12: Enlightenment Heroes 381 Chapter 13: Moral Clarity 422 Acknowledgments 438 Bibliographical Notes 440 Bibliography 447 Permissions Acknowledgments 456 Index 457
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