false 2737476 1 Susan Neiman is a moral philosopher committed to making the tools of her trade relevant to real life. In <I>Moral Clarity</I>, she shows how resurrecting a moral vocabulary&#8212;<I>good</I> and <I>evil</I>, <I>heroism</I> and <I>nobility</I>&#8212;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&#8217;s urgent political and social questions, Neiman reaches back to the eighteenth century, retrieving a set of virtues&#8212;happiness, reason, reverence, and hope&#8212;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, evolutionary theory, 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. 2763127 5 5 2008 Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists total:60|5:18|4:17|3:16|2:6|1:3| 60 221 261 30 4 4 false false Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 02 22:08:39 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 07:32:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 11:42:52 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 12:20:35 -0700 2008
The moral absolutes of religion have lost their influence. Relativism holds ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 11:32:33 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 12:22:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 21:05:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 22:10:13 -0800 2008
Too much bible-talk for one thing. The bible has as much to do with morality as Velveeta has to do with nutritio...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 10 14:33:18 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 11 15:34:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 15:13:05 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 15:57:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 30 12:14:10 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 12:36:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jul 28 07:57:28 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 06:59:27 -0700 2008
So far I have read the introduction and am convinced it is my kind of book. I recently tried to read "What We Owe Each Other"...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 20 17:34:06 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 30 07:30:28 -0700 2009
Even less than a year after it's ended, it seems that there are more and more Americans (...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 29 09:02:42 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 03 11:39:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 29 22:49:28 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 22:50:55 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue May 05 11:54:39 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 11:56:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 06 13:19:05 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 13:19:44 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:25:28 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:26:17 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Dec 01 14:12:19 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 14:12:36 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 23 08:29:24 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 13 09:08:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 03 04:56:47 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 27 16:02:35 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 04:56:47 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:38:55 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:07:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 01 12:45:13 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 10 07:21:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 24 19:45:37 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 19:47:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2737476