For years, moral language has been the province of the Right, as the Left hasconsoled 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 constructinga framework for taking responsible action on today's urgent questions, Neimanreaches 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.
- ISBN: 978-0-691-14389-7
- Editorial: Princeton University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha Publicación: 31/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés