Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics,9780664224745

Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics

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ISBN13: 9780664224745
ISBN10: 0664224741
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Westminster John Knox Pr
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Summary

Moral Man and Immoral Societyis Reinhold Niebuhr's important early study in ethics and politics. Forthright and realistic, it discusses the inevitability of social conflict, the brutal behavior 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.The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.

Author Biography

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was an ethicist, theologian, and political philosopher who taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York from 1928 to 1960 Langdon B. Gilkey is Shailer Matthews Professor Emeritus of Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School

Table of Contents

General Editors' Introduction ix
Introduction xi
Langdon B. Gilkey
Preface to the 1960 Edition xxiii
Introduction xxv
Man and Society: The Art of Living Together
1(22)
The Rational Resources of the Individual for Social Living
23(28)
The Religious Resources of the Individual for Social Living
51(32)
The Morality of Nations
83(30)
The Ethical Attitudes of Privileged Classes
113(29)
The Ethical Attitudes of the Proletarian Class
142(27)
Justice through Revolution
169(31)
Justice through Political Force
200(31)
The Preservation of Moral Values in Politics
231(26)
The Conflict between Individual and Social Morality
257(22)
Index 279

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