Soul, self, and society : the new morality and the modern state /

"Political and social commentators regularly bemoan the decline of morality in the modern world. They claim that the norms and values that held society together in the past are rapidly eroding, to be replaced by permissiveness and empty hedonism. But as Edward Rubin demonstrates in this powerfu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubin, Edward L., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Temas:
State, The > Moral and ethical aspects.
Political ethics.
Conduct of life.
Social ethics.
Christian ethics.
État > Aspect moral.
Morale politique.
Morale pratique.
ethics (philosophical concept)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
LAW > Ethics & Professional Responsibility.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Christian ethics
Conduct of life
Political ethics
Social ethics
State, The > Moral and ethical aspects
Staat
Politische Ethik
Sozialethik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Thesis
  • An Illustration: The 2012 Election
  • Plan of the Book
  • The Boundaries and Limits of the Thesis
  • Part I: Origins of the New Morality
  • Chapter 1: The Morality of Honor
  • The Privatization of Government in the Roman Empire The Privatization of Governance in Early Medieval Europe The Morality of Honor and the Man of Honor
  • The Man of Honor in Action The Morality of Honor and Other Members of Society
  • The Co-Causal Connection
  • Chapter 2: The Morality of Higher Purposes
  • The Publification of Governance
  • The Monarchy as a Higher Purpose of Its People and Government
  • The Spiritualization of Christianity
  • The Morality of Higher Purposes
  • Sexual Love as a Higher Purpose
  • The Co-Causal Connection
  • Chapter 3: The Morality of Self-Fulfillment
  • The Idea of the Administrative State
  • The Advent of the Administrative State
  • Self-Fulfillment Morality: The Process of Secularization
  • Self-Fulfillment Morality: The Concept of Mental Health
  • The Co-Causal Connection
  • Resistance to the New Morality
  • Part II: The Nature of the New Morality
  • Chapter 4: The Morality of the Self
  • The Basic Principle: The Self as a Life-Path
  • The Basic Principle: Fulfillment as Pleasure, Planning and Reflection
  • Secondary Principles: Non-Interference, Incommensurability and Equality
  • Components of the Life Path: Careers
  • Components of the Life-Path: Family, Religion and Leisure
  • The End of the Life-Path
  • Chapter 5: The Morality of Intimate and Personal Relations
  • The Validation of Sex
  • The Reformulation of Childhood Sex
  • The Deregulation of Sex
  • The Domestication of Love
  • The Personalization of Parenthood
  • The Personalization of Friendship and the Officialization of Work
  • Chapter 6: The Morality of Relations with Society
  • The Self's Relation to the Nation-State
  • The Morality of Self-National Relations
  • The Non-Interference Principle and Negative Rights
  • The Equality Principle and Positive Rights
  • Moral Action Beyond Voting: Reiteration and Emergent Consequences
  • The New Morality and Environmentalism
  • Conclusion: The Future of Christianity
  • Christianity and Western History (Chapters 1, 2 and 3)
  • Christianity and the New Morality of the Self (Chapter 4)
  • Christianity and the New Morality of Personal Relations (Chapter 5)
  • Christianity and the New Morality of Relations with Society (Chapter 6)
  • A Final Word.

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