Undoing the Moral Empire : Moral Philosophy in Post-War Britain / Lesley Chamberlain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chamberlain, Lesley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethicists.

Ethics--Great Britain--History.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

After 1945, Britain wanted to be a new country. The authority of state and church were giving way, the Empire was dismantled, and it was no longer clear who was leading whom in matters of morals. Individuals were left to reinvent their ethical lives anew. The lives and works of the philosophers discussed in this book were caught up this sea-change. Bernard Williams, Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch, Richard Wollheim, Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre were all characters in search of a moral England, with a particular vision of the good society. From communitarianism to swinging Sixties’ individualism, and radical theories of art – which understood questions of ambiguity, error and forgiveness more than the state ever could – this is the story of their sometimes convergent but often discrepant ideas on ethical life in the second half of the twentieth century. Undoing the Moral Empire is a work of biography, social history and the history of ideas that masterfully reconstructs the shifting sentiments of the post-war era, reconfiguring enduringly relevant questions of freedom, virtue, and society.

Contents:

1.Introduction 2.Bernard Williams 3.Philippa Foot 4. Richard Wollheim 5.Alasdair MacIntyre 6. Iris Murdoch 7. Charles Taylor 8. Conclusion

ISBN:

9781350457775

OCLC:

1592687520