03328nam 22006254a 450 991078494840332120200520144314.01-282-64624-997866126462490-226-06635-510.7208/9780226066356(CKB)2670000000029704(EBL)547698(OCoLC)649914315(SSID)ssj0000426737(PQKBManifestationID)11315796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426737(PQKBWorkID)10389329(PQKB)11131343(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122481(MiAaPQ)EBC547698(DE-B1597)524359(OCoLC)748357232(DE-B1597)9780226066356(Au-PeEL)EBL547698(CaPaEBR)ebr10395647(CaONFJC)MIL264624(EXLCZ)99267000000002970420060518d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReal American ethics[electronic resource] taking responsibility for our country /Albert BorgmannChicago University of Chicago Press20061 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-06634-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-229) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface Introduction: The Place of Ethics -- 1. Real American Ethics -- 2. Decency and Passion -- 3. Kinds of Ethics -- 4. Moral Landmarks -- 5. Jefferson and Kant -- 6. The Pursuit of Happiness -- 7. Evolutionary Psychology -- 8. John Rawls -- 9. Theory and Practice -- 10. Personal Virtues -- 11. Political Virtues -- 12. Recognizing Reality -- 13. The Economy of the Household -- 14. The Design of Public Space -- 15. Realizing American Ethics -- Notes -- IndexAmerica is a wonderful and magnificent country that affords its citizens the broadest freedoms and the greatest prosperity in the world. But it also has its share of warts. It is embroiled in a war that many of its citizens consider unjust and even illegal. It continues to ravage the natural environment and ignore poverty both at home and abroad, and its culture is increasingly driven by materialism and consumerism. But America, for better or for worse, is still a nation that we have built. So why then, asks Albert Borgmann in this most timely and urgent work, are we failinEthicsUnited StatesUnited StatesMoral conditionsethical, morals, values, america, united states, usa, responsible, responsibility, philosophy, philosophical, academic, scholarly, research, theory, theoretical, national, nation, freedom, prosperity, war, justice, unjust, illegal, culture, opinion, approval, citizens, nature, natural world, environment, conservation, global warming, climate change, materialism, consumerism, institutions, improvement, progress.Ethics170.973Borgmann Albert1520552MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784948403321Real American ethics3759182UNINA