The loss of virtue, moral confusion and social disorder in Britain and America, edited by Digby Anderson
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The loss of virtue, moral confusion and social disorder in Britain and America, edited by Digby Anderson
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eng
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non fiction
Main title
The loss of virtue
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28112956
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edited by Digby Anderson
Sub title
moral confusion and social disorder in Britain and America
Table Of Contents
Introduction and summary of contents : the moral poverty of contemporary social analysis / Digby Anderson -- Moralization and demoralization : a moral explanation for changes in crime, disorder and social problems / Christie Davies -- Manliness and civility : lost sources of self-restraint and social cohesion / Simon Green -- Toleration : and the currently offensive implication of judgement / John Gray -- Domestic economy : improvidence and irresponsiblity in the low-income home / Digby Anderson -- Duty and self-sacrifice for country : the new disparagement of public ideals / Jon Davies -- Service and national service : the obligations of citizenship / Christopher Dandeker -- Fidelity in the family : once absolute, now another 'choice' / Patricia Morgan -- Self-control : the family as the source of 'conscience' / Richard LynnFortitude : the modern tendencies to narcissism and blaming others / Adrian Furnham -- Honesty, honour and trust : the decline of self-policing in society / Robert Grant -- Respect and the dangers of an unfettered 'critical spirit' in education / Anthony O'Hear -- Diligence abandoned : the dismissal of traditional virtues in the school / Dennis O'Keeffe -- Discretion : quietly discriminating between the deserving and undeserving poor / Mark Almond -- Self-improvement : and its neglect by the contemporary mainstream churches / Antony Flew -- Making people good--again : the role of authority fear and example / David Martin
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