| Edition |
First US edition. |
| Description |
xv, 366 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index. |
| Summary |
With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down, and drug abuse and depression on the rise, many fear what the future holds. In Morality, respected faith leader and public intellectual Jonathan Sacks traces today's crisis to our loss of a strong, shared moral code and our elevation of self-interest over the common good. We have outsourced morality to the market and the state, but neither is capable of showing us how to live. Sacks leads readers from ancient Greece to the Enlightenment to the present day to show that there is no liberty without morality and no freedom without responsibility, arguing that we all must play our part in rebuilding a common moral foundation. A major work of moral philosophy, Morality is an inspiring vision of a world in which we can all find our place and face the future without fear. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Cultural climate change -- Part one : The solitary self. 1. Loneliness -- 2. The limits of self-help -- 3. Unsocial media -- 4. The fragile family -- Part two : Consequences : the market and the state. 5. From "we" to "I" -- 6. Markets without morals -- 7. Consuming happiness -- 8. Democracy in danger -- 9. Identity politics -- 10. Time and consequence -- Part three : Can we still reason together? 11. Post-truth -- 12. Safe space -- 13. Two ways of arguing -- 14. Victimhood -- 15. The return of public shaming -- 16. The death of civility -- Part four : Being human. 17. Human dignity -- 18. Meaning -- 19. Why morality? -- 20. Which morality? -- 21. Religion -- Part five : The way forward. 22. Morality matters -- 23. From "I" to "we" -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Common good.
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Common good. (OCoLC)fst00869784
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Ethics. (OCoLC)fst00915833
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Jewish ethics -- 21st century.
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Common good -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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Virtues (Judaism)
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction.
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| ISBN |
9781541675315 (hardcover) |
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1541675312 (hardcover) |
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9781541675322 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40030228087 |
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