In Face of the Facts

A collection of essays on the current state of moral inquiry in the American academy.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Pragmatism, science, and moral inquiry; 2. Political theory and moral responsibility; 3. Moral inquiry within the bounds of politics: a question of victimhood; 4. Moral confidence: three cheers for naturalized ethics; 5. Fighting (over) words: speech, power, and the moral imagination in American history; 6. 'Of the standard of moral taste': literary criticism as moral inquiry; 7. The moral force field of Haitian Vodou; 8. Snakes alive: resituating the moral in the study of religion; 9. Social science and the moral revival: dilemmas and difficulties; 10. Religion, morality, and other unmentionables: the revival of moral discourse in the law.

Summary

Recently there has been a renewed interest in moral inquiry among American scholars in a variety of disciplines. This collection of accessible essays provides a view of the current state of moral inquiry in the American academy, while offering fresh departures for ethically informed, interdisciplinary scholarship.

Product details

• Assisted by: Richard W. Fox (Editor), Richard Wightman Fox (Editor), Lee H. Hamilton (Editor), Robert B. Westbrook (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9780521621335
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62133-5
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 666 g
• Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works