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Soul, Self, and Society : The New Morality and the Modern State.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (505 pages)ISBN:
  • 9780199348664
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Soul, Self, and Society : The New Morality and the Modern StateDDC classification:
  • 172
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Contents:
Cover -- Soul, Self, and Society -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- part i Governance and Morality -- chapter one The Morality of Honor -- chapter two The Morality of Higher Purposes -- chapter three The Morality of Self-Fulfillment -- part ii Administration and Self-Fulfillment -- chapter four The Morality of the Self -- chapter five The Morality of Intimate and Personal Relations -- chapter six The Morality of Relations with Society -- The Future of Christianity -- Notes -- Glossary of Defined Terms -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Summary: Morality is not declining in the modern world. Instead, a new morality is replacing the previous one. Centered on individual self-fulfillment, and linked to administrative government, it permits things the old morality forbid, like sex for pleasure, but forbids things the old morality allowed, like intolerance and equality of opportunity.
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Cover -- Soul, Self, and Society -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- part i Governance and Morality -- chapter one The Morality of Honor -- chapter two The Morality of Higher Purposes -- chapter three The Morality of Self-Fulfillment -- part ii Administration and Self-Fulfillment -- chapter four The Morality of the Self -- chapter five The Morality of Intimate and Personal Relations -- chapter six The Morality of Relations with Society -- The Future of Christianity -- Notes -- Glossary of Defined Terms -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Morality is not declining in the modern world. Instead, a new morality is replacing the previous one. Centered on individual self-fulfillment, and linked to administrative government, it permits things the old morality forbid, like sex for pleasure, but forbids things the old morality allowed, like intolerance and equality of opportunity.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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