Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists - Hardcover

Neiman, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151011974 ISBN 13: 9780151011971

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2008

Synopsis

Susan Neiman is a moral philosopher committed to making the tools of her trade relevant to real life. In Moral Clarity, she shows how resurrecting a moral vocabulary—good and evil, heroism and nobility—can steer us clear of the dogmas of the right and the helpless pragmatism of the left. In search of a framework for forming clear opinions and taking responsible action on today’s urgent political and social questions, Neiman reaches back to the eighteenth century, retrieving a set of virtues—happiness, reason, reverence, and hope—that were held high by every Enlightenment thinker. She shows that the pursuit of moral clarity is not a matter of religious faith but is open to all who are committed to these ideals, believers and nonbelievers alike. And she draws on literature, evolutionarytheory, and other contemporary research to show why, by keeping before us the distinction between the real and the possible, these ideals continue to guide and inspire.

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Review:

‘fresh and exhilarating, inspiring optimism rather than recrimination...a rallying cry to return to Enlightenment values – not as heritage kitsch but as a process we are still undergoing, a demand we have yet to answer.’ - The Guardian, Jane O’Grady

Book Description:

Distinguished scholar, Susan Neiman, argues for a commitment to a more just world that is rationally grounded, implacable and insatiable.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0151011974
• ISBN 13: 9780151011971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 467