The Ordinary Virtues - Moral Order in a Divided World

Winner of the Zocalo Book PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling."-New StatesmanWhat moral values do we hold in common? As globalization draws us together economically, are the things we value converging or diverging? These twin questions led Michael Ignatieff to embark on a three-year, eight-nation journey in search of an answer. What we share, he found, are what he calls "ordinary virtues": tolerance, forgiveness, trust, and resilience. When conflicts break out, these virtues are easily exploited by the politics of fear and exclusion, reserved for one's own group but denied to others. Yet these ordinary virtues are the key to healing and reconciliation on both a local and global scale."Makes for illuminating reading."-Simon Winchester, New York Review of Books"Engaging, articulate and richly descriptive... Ignatieff's deft histories, vivid sketches and fascinating interviews are the soul of this important book."-Times Literary Supplement"Deserves praise for wrestling with the devolution of our moral worlds over recent decades."-Los Angeles Review of Books

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ignatieff
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780674237490
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23749-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 205 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Popular philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies