The good life the moral individual in an antimoral world

A critical assessment of the "moral mentality" espoused by the political right identifies inconsistencies in its conservative values, arguing that right-wing leadership is lacking in moral compassion and unable to live up to its prescribed notions of virtuous behavior.

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Main Author: Mendelson, Cheryl, 1946-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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245 1 4 |a The good life :  |b the moral individual in an antimoral world /  |c Cheryl Mendelson. 
250 |a 1st U.S. ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Bloomsbury,  |c 2012. 
300 |a viii, 310 p. ;  |c 22 cm. 
500 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a A moral geography -- Democracy, the moral psychology, and the moral individual -- Premoral and moral culture -- Two forms of antimoralism -- Love and money: the contracting role of the family -- Moral reform and pseudo-moralism -- Cool -- Vengeance and the erosion of law -- The academy -- Science and morality. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 |a A critical assessment of the "moral mentality" espoused by the political right identifies inconsistencies in its conservative values, arguing that right-wing leadership is lacking in moral compassion and unable to live up to its prescribed notions of virtuous behavior. 
650 0 |a Conduct of life. 
650 0 |a Ethics, Modern. 
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