Moral Freedom: The Impossible Idea that Defines the Way We Live Now
- ISBN-10
- 0393048438
- ISBN-13
- 9780393048438
- Series
- Moral Freedom
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Author
- Alan Wolfe
Description
An eminent sociologist and public intellectual ventures into the minds and hearts of Americans to determine how we really think about morality in today's age, focusing on traditional values of loyalty, self-restraint, honesty, and forgiveness.
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