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Moral Clarity Susan Neiman

Moral Clarity By Susan Neiman

Moral Clarity by Susan Neiman


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Summary

For years, moral language has been the province of the Right, as the Left has consoled itself with rudderless pragmatism. This book reclaims the vocabulary of morality - good and evil, heroism and nobility - as a lingua franca for the twenty-first century.

Moral Clarity Summary

Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists - Revised Edition by Susan Neiman

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.

Moral Clarity Reviews

A New York Times Notable Book of 2008 Deep and important... Neiman's particular skill lies in expressing sensitivity, intelligence and moral seriousness without any hint of oversimplification, dogmatism or misplaced piety. She clearly and unflinchingly sees life as it is, but also sees how it might be, and could be, if we recaptured some of the hopes and ideals that currently escape us.--Simon Blackburn, New York Times The problem with our liberal elites, [Neiman] insists, is lame metaphysics--a lack of philosophical nerve... Neiman is a subtle and energetic guide ... [who] writes with verve and sometimes epigrammatic wit.--Gary Rosen, Wall Street Journal Susan Neiman is a masterly storyteller... [Her] retellings of the Odyssey and the Book of Job ... are themselves worth the price of admission.--K. Anthony Appiah, Slate [Moral Clarity] is concerned with the task of making philosophy timely and accessible again... [A] lucid and impassioned study.--Richard Wolin, Dissent

About Susan Neiman

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).

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

Additional information

GOR004923358
9780691143897
0691143897
Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists - Revised Edition by Susan Neiman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Princeton University Press
20090906
480
Commended for New York Times Notable Book 2008
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