Moral Clarity : A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists by Susan Neiman (2008, Hardcover)

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100151011974

ISBN-139780151011971

eBay Product ID (ePID)63881545

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Book TitleMoral Clarity : a Guide for Grown-Up Idealists

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEthics & Moral Philosophy

Publication Year2008

GenrePhilosophy

AuthorSusan Neiman

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN2007-042852

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsSusan Neiman is a masterly storyteller; her new book Moral Clarity offers retellings of the Odyssey and the Book of Job that are themselves worth the price of admission. But she also has stories about the origins of her own position that place her in both larger intellectual narratives and more local political ones...Neiman's readings of the canon are inventive and illuminating..., Neiman's particular skill lies in expressing sensitivity, intelligence and moral seriousness without any hint of oversimplification, dogmatism, 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 hope and ideals that currently escape us., ADVANCE PRAISE FOR MORAL CLARITY With passion, wit, and high intelligence, Susan Neiman invites us to be moral grown-ups, which means to take on the question 'what ought to be done?' and actually to come up with an answer. Morally and politically compelling-and a delight to read. -Michael Walzer, author of Spheres of Justice and Just and Unjust Wars Susan Neiman's profound wisdom, courage, and vision give us a public conception of goodness and a reinvigorated progressive vision that will resonate with the religious while remaining thoroughly secular and democratic. She is a beacon of light and hope in our morally debased times. -Cornel West, author of Democracy Matters and Race Matters, ADVANCE PRAISE FOR MORAL CLARITY "With passion, wit, and high intelligence, Susan Neiman invites us to be moral grown-ups, which means to take on the question 'what ought to be done?' and actually to come up with an answer. Morally and politically compelling-and a delight to read." -Michael Walzer, author of Spheres of Justice and Just and Unjust Wars "Susan Neiman's profound wisdom, courage, and vision give us a public conception of goodness and a reinvigorated progressive vision that will resonate with the religious while remaining thoroughly secular and democratic. She is a beacon of light and hope in our morally debased times." -Cornel West, author of Democracy Matters and Race Matters, 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., ADVANCE PRAISE FOR MORAL CLARITY "With passion, wit, and high intelligence, Susan Neiman invites us to be moral grown-ups, which means to take on the question 'what ought to be done?' and actually to come up with an answer. Morally and politically compelling--and a delight to read." --Michael Walzer, author of Spheres of Justice and Just and Unjust Wars "Susan Neiman's profound wisdom, courage, and vision give us a public conception of goodness and a reinvigorated progressive vision that will resonate with the religious while remaining thoroughly secular and democratic. She is a beacon of light and hope in our morally debased times." --Cornel West, author of Democracy Matters and Race Matters, ADVANCE PRAISE FOR MORAL CLARITY "With passion, wit, and high intelligence, Susan Neiman invites us to be moral grown-ups, which means to take on the question 'what ought to be done?' and actually to come up with an answer. Morally and politically compelling--and a delight to read." --Michael Walzer, author of Spheres of Justice and Just and Unjust Wars "Susan Neiman's profound wisdom, courage, and vision give us a public conception of goodness and a reinvigorated progressive vision that will resonate with the religious while remaining thoroughly secular and democratic. She is a beacon of light and hope in our morally debased times." --Cornel West, author of Democracy Matters and Race Matters --, "Ms. Neiman is a subtle and energetic guide to the unjustly maligned Western "canon." But she is not some kind of scold or stodgy traditionalist, wagging a disapproving finger at our fall from a golden age. She is, in fact, a self-conscious woman of the left. She knows that our own debates over political and economic fundamentals have intellectual pedigrees worth learning...Ms. Neiman writes with verve and a sometimes epigrammatic wit...", 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.

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Table Of ContentContents Introduction 1 PART ONE Ideal and Real 1. American Dreams 25 2. Ideals and Ideology 48 3. Facing Gallows 79 PART TWO Enlightenment Values 4. Myths or Monsters 107 5. Heaven and Earth 124 6. Happiness 150 7. Reason 177 8. Reverence 215 9. Hope 242 PART THREE Good and Evil 10. The Odyssey: An Excursion 289 11. What about Evil? 325 12. Enlightenment Heroes 372 13. Moral Clarity 415 Acknowledgments 431 Bibliographical Notes 433 Bibliography 441 Permissions Acknowledgments 451 Index 453

SynopsisAn inspiring and jargon-free look at how morals guide and inform our lives Moral philosopher Susan Neiman makes the tools of her trade relevant to real life in Moral Clarity , steering us clear of political dogma to offer instead a framework for forming clear opinions and taking responsible action on today's urgent political and social questions. Neiman reaches back to the classic virtues--happiness, reason, reverence, and hope--that were held high by every Enlightenment thinker and draws on literature, evolutionary theory, and contemporary research to show that the pursuit of moral clarity is open to all who are committed to these ideals, believers and nonbelievers alike., 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., An inspiring and jargon-free look at how morals guide and inform our lives Moral philosopher Susan Neiman makes the tools of her trade relevant to real life in Moral Clarity, steering us clear of political dogma to offer instead a framework for forming clear opinions and taking responsible action on today's urgent political and social questions. Neiman reaches back to the classic virtues--happiness, reason, reverence, and hope--that were held high by every Enlightenment thinker and draws on literature, evolutionary theory, and contemporary research to show that the pursuit of moral clarity is open to all who are committed to these ideals, believers and nonbelievers alike., Now in trade paperback - Neiman shows readers how to steer clear of political dogmas by adopting the moral virtues of the eighteenth century in this accessible, philosophical history of ideological thought.

LC Classification NumberBJ71.N45 2008