Moral Man and Immoral Society: Study in Ethics and Politics (Library of Theological Ethics)

Type

Book

Authors

Reinhold Niebuhr

ISBN 10

0664224741

ISBN 13

9780664224745

Tags

Social Issues, Ethics, Religion, Politics & State, Church & State, Theology, Sociology

Description

Moral Man and Immoral Society is Reinhold Niebuhr's important early study in ethics and politics. Forthright and realistic, it discusses the inevitability of social conflict, the brutal behavior of human collectives of every sort, the inability of rationalists and social scientists to even imagine the realities of collective power, and, ultimately, how individual morality can overcome social immorality.The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field. - from Amzon

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