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Book SynopsisThe war on terrorism, say America's leaders, is a war of Good versus Evil. But in the minds of the perpetrators, the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington were presumably justified as ethically good acts against American evil. This book provides a resource for thinking clearly about the diverse ways in which humans see good and evil.
Trade Review"The overall product is a collection of viewpoints that, thanks to each writer's care in defining their terms and steering clear of jargon, is accessible to the beginning scholar... [T]he choice of controversies that are both enduring and ethically troubling means that the interest of all readers will be held throughout the book."--Bruce F. Nesmith, Perspectives on Political Science "Contributors include well-known, top-notch scholars like William A. Galston, Brian Barry, and James Tully. An extraordinarily well organized collection, its chapters cover nine nonsecular and secular ethical perspectives."--Choice
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Introduction: Three Forms of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 1*Liberal Egalitarian Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism, pg. 25*Liberal Egalitarian Platitudes?, pg. 42*Ethical Pluralism from a Classical Liberal Perspective, pg. 55*Ethical Pluralism and Classical Liberalism, pg. 78*Natural Law and Ethical Pluralism, pg. 89*Natural Law Reflections on the Social Management of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 115*Confucian Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism, pg. 129*Two Strands of Confucianism, pg. 154*Islam and Ethical Pluralism, pg. 161*The Scope of Pluralism in Islamic Moral Traditions, pg. 180*Ethical Diversity, Tolerance, and the Problem of Sovereignty: A Jewish Perspective, pg. 195*Jewish Responses to Modernity, pg. 219*Conscientious Individualism A Christian Perspective on Ethical Pluralism, pg. 229*Pluralism as a Matter of Principle, pg. 257*Feminist Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism, pg. 271*Feminism and the Varieties of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 301*Critical Theory and the Challenge of Ethical Pluralism, pg. 311*Substantive and Procedural Dimensions of Critical Theory, pg. 336*Pluralisms Compared, pg. 343*Contributors, pg. 361*Index, pg. 365
