Moral Clarity

A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists - Revised Edition
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-691-14389-7
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 814 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neiman, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Neiman, Susan
Susan Neiman is Director of the Einstein Forum. She is the author of "Slow Fire: Jewish Notes from Berlin", "The Unity of Reason: Rereading Kant", and "Evil in Modern Thought" (Princeton).