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The issue of public morality, so often at the center of heated debates about pornography, narcotics, public indecency, violent entertainment, \"family values,\" et cetera, is at once a continuing reality and a persistent dilemma in our liberal society. With Public Morality and Liberal Society, Harry M. Clor makes an important contribution to this perennial and intensely debated theme by considering how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice within a liberal society.
Clor develops his argument in five parts. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the various controversies and ambiguities about public morality in American life and public opinion. In Chapter 2 Clor presents the case for a public standard of morality and defends it against the most persistent objections. Chapter 3 covers some of the themes prominent in recent treatments of the subject of public morality, and Chapter 4 critically analyzes the two theoretically dominant liberal orientations of recent decades, the libertarian and egalitarian views. In Chapter 5 Clor compares the traditional ethical indictment of pornography with the current feminist indictment.
Editions of Public Morality and Liberal Society
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780268038137
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780268038236
- PDF
- ISBN 9780268089580
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The issue of public morality, so often at the center of heated debates about pornography, narcotics, public indecency, violent entertainment, \"family values,\" et cetera, is at once a continuing reality and a persistent dilemma in our liberal society. With Public Morality and Liberal Society, Harry M. Clor makes an important contribution to this perennial and intensely debated theme by considering how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice within a liberal society.
Clor develops his argument in five parts. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the various controversies and ambiguities about public morality in American life and public opinion. In Chapter 2 Clor presents the case for a public standard of morality and defends it against the most persistent objections. Chapter 3 covers some of the themes prominent in recent treatments of the subject of public morality, and Chapter 4 critically analyzes the two theoretically dominant liberal orientations of recent decades, the libertarian and egalitarian views. In Chapter 5 Clor compares the traditional ethical indictment of pornography with the current feminist indictment.
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The issue of public morality, so often at the center of heated debates about pornography, narcotics, public indecency, violent entertainment, \"family values,\" et cetera, is at once a continuing reality and a persistent dilemma in our liberal society. With Public Morality and Liberal Society, Harry M. Clor makes an important contribution to this perennial and intensely debated theme by considering how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice within a liberal society.
Clor develops his argument in five parts. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the various controversies and ambiguities about public morality in American life and public opinion. In Chapter 2 Clor presents the case for a public standard of morality and defends it against the most persistent objections. Chapter 3 covers some of the themes prominent in recent treatments of the subject of public morality, and Chapter 4 critically analyzes the two theoretically dominant liberal orientations of recent decades, the libertarian and egalitarian views. In Chapter 5 Clor compares the traditional ethical indictment of pornography with the current feminist indictment.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Public Morality and Liberal Society?
Philosophy and Religion > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics and moral philosophy
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Public Morality and Liberal Society has 246 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Public Morality and Liberal Society?
Harry M. Clor
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Public Morality and Liberal Society is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780268038137) and paperback(ISBN 9780268038236) and pdf(ISBN 9780268089580)
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