Judge and be judged : moral reflection in an age of relativism and fundamentalism / Eric Bain-Selbo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bain-Selbo, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judgment (Ethics).

Physical Description:

xi, 197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2006]

Summary:

Judge and Be Judged offers insights into moral life and moral judgment that aim to help in understanding our society's tendency towards either fundamentalism or relativism. By examining the social function of shame, the possibility of cross-cultural understanding, and obstacles to moral judgment in the classroom, this book charts a path that helps to avoid both fundamentalism and relativism.

Contents:

"Judge not, that you be not judged": can Jesus' teaching be salvaged?

Why shame is good

Men without shame, or, why so many Germans were bad people

Can we understand the other?: post-colonial theory and cross-cultural studies

Achieving dialogical multiculturalism: reflections on virtues and vices in the college classroom

Conclusion: the morals of the stories and even more.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.

ISBN:

0739108611

OCLC:

62109935