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Everyday Ethics and Social Change: The Education of Desire
Anna L. Peterson
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Description for Everyday Ethics and Social Change: The Education of Desire
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Americans increasingly cite moral values as a factor in how they vote, but when we define morality simply in terms of a voter's position on gay marriage and abortion, we lose sight of the ethical decisions that guide our everyday lives. In our encounters with friends, family members, nature, and nonhuman creatures, we practice a nonutilitarian morality that makes sacrifice a rational and reasonable choice. Recognizing these everyday ethics, Anna L. Peterson argues, helps us move past the seemingly irreconcilable conflicts of culture and refocus on issues that affect real social change. Peterson begins by divining a "second language" ... Read more
Americans increasingly cite moral values as a factor in how they vote, but when we define morality simply in terms of a voter's position on gay marriage and abortion, we lose sight of the ethical decisions that guide our everyday lives. In our encounters with friends, family members, nature, and nonhuman creatures, we practice a nonutilitarian morality that makes sacrifice a rational and reasonable choice. Recognizing these everyday ethics, Anna L. Peterson argues, helps us move past the seemingly irreconcilable conflicts of culture and refocus on issues that affect real social change. Peterson begins by divining a "second language" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
COLUMBIA UNIV PR
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231148733
SKU
9780231148733
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About Anna L. Peterson
Anna L. Peterson is professor of religion at the University of Florida and the author of Being Human: Ethics, Environment, and Our Place in the World and Seeds of the Kingdom: Utopian Communities in the Americas.
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