Why It''s Ok to Be a Moderate

Conservatives and progressives rarely agree on much-but one thing many agree upon is that it's not OK to be a moderate. This book shows they are wrong.

List of contents

1. The Curiously Poor Reputation of Moderates 2. What is it to be a Moderate? Means, Ends, Degrees, Contexts 3.The (Potential) Virtues of Progressivism and Conservatism, But (Very Real) Vices of Radicalism 4. The (Very Real) Virtues and (Potential) Vices of Moderates From Isolationism, Communism, Fascism, Reaganomics, and Thatcherism to Brexit, White Nationalism, and Back Again 6. Why It's OK to be a Moderate: Prudently Guiding the Political Pendulum (with Radicals!)

About the author

Marcus Arvan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tampa, USA. He has published widely in moral and political philosophy, and metaphysics and philosophy of mind. His two previous books are Rightness as Fairness: A Moral and Political Theory (2016) and Neurofunctional Prudence and Morality: A Philosophical Theory (2020).

Summary

Conservatives and progressives rarely agree on much—but one thing many agree upon is that it’s not OK to be a moderate. This book shows they are wrong.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus Arvan, Marcus (University of Tampa) Arvan, Arvan Marcus
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032613864
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261386-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Why It's OK
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Politics and government, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge