Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073FVHW8L |
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| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Prior to that, he was minister of Detroit's Bethel Evangelical Church for thirteen years. About the Author Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), ethicist, theologian, and political philosopher, taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1928 to 1960. Among his many books are 'Faith and History', 'Pious and Secular America', 'Beyond Tragedy' and 'The Irony of American History'
Hisham said Not an overbearing self righteous moral vocabulary employed by the religious (or secular) zealots but a cool, calm rational voic. In this book one finds a rare mind in a rare discussion nowadays. America suffers from an absence of moral language to diagnose some of our social ills. Not an overbearing self righteous moral vocabulary employed by the religious (or secular) zealots but a cool, calm rational voice that takes careful measure of our moral resources, opportunit. A classic work of realism Leon Lam This is the foundation work of political science. Niebuhr's emphasis of selfishness in any social group is now a key tenet of realism. His critical stance on love, morality and benevolence in group thinking is provocative and still relevant. The chapters on the mentality of the privileged class and the inevitability of social inequality are h. A Penetrating Analysis A thorough examination of the forces that seem to inevitably drive societies to organize themselves so that one (small) group benefits at the expense of others. He exposes the hypocracy of the arguments the ruling group use to justify their favored position and to restrict the opportunities and participation of the groups that are marginalize
Prior to that, he was minister of Detroit's Bethel Evangelical Church for thirteen years. Among his many books are 'Faith and History', 'Pious and Secular America', 'Beyond Tragedy' and 'The Irony of American History'. . Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), ethicist, theologian, and political philosopher, taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York City from 1928 to 1960
Forthright and realistic, it discussed the inevitability of social conflict, the brutal behaviour of human collectives of every sort, the inability of rationalists and social scientists to even imagine the realities of collective power, and, ultimately, how individual morality can overcome social immorality.“Every thinking Christian must squarely face the major thesis of this book, or confess the impotence of his faith for a day when the dawn is lowering red.”—The Christian Century“No one can read it without gaining great value.”—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Moral Man and Immoral Society, first published in 1932, is Reinhold Niebuhr’s important study in ethics and politics