| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 239 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
"Design errors" in the human moral system -- The trickle-up of trust -- Ten Commandments of interethnic relations -- Christianity: The voluntary society -- Natural law, social contract, and sociobiological theory -- Green ideas and the ethics of hunger -- Moral inertia: Contributing factors -- Is cruelty okay? -- Three major components of morality -- American moral problems -- The elusive butterfly of power -- The genetics of racism -- The inevitability of justice -- What has mortality to do with morality? -- The relationship between morality and power -- Nuclear democracy -- The social homunculus. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-232) and index. |
| Subject |
Social ethics.
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Social action.
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| ISBN |
0870811967 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0870811975 paperback alkaline paper |
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