The moral fool : a case for amorality / Hans-Georg Moeller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moeller, Hans-Georg, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social ethics.

Moral conditions.

Social values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Justice, equality, and righteousness& mdash;these are some of our greatest moral convictions. Yet in times of social conflict, morals can become rigid, making religious war, ethnic cleansing, and political purges possible. Morality, therefore, can be viewed as pathology-a rhetorical, psychological, and social tool that is used and abused as a weapon. An expert on Eastern philosophies and social systems theory, Hans-Georg Moeller questions the perceived goodness of morality and those who claim morality is inherently positive. Critiquing the ethical ""fanaticism"" of Western morali

Contents:

Is it good to be good?

On amorality. The moral fool ; Negative ethics A pathology of ethics. The redundancy of ethics ; The "morality of anger" ; Ethics and aesthetics ; The presumptions of philosophical ethics ; The myth of moral progress

Ethics in contemporary society. For the separation of morality and law ; Morality and civil rights ; How to get a death verdict ; Masters of war ; Ethics and the mass media

Applied amorality.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-201) and index.

ISBN:

9786613791146

9781281786487

1281786489

9780231519243

0231519249

OCLC:

763599770