Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Moral FoolCondition: NewSubtitle: A Case for AmoralityISBN-10: 023114508XEAN: 9780231145084ISBN: 9780231145084Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/15/2009Description: Justice, equality, and righteousness--these are some of our greatest moral convictions. Yet in times of social conflict, morals can become rigid, making religious war, ethnic cleansing, and political purges possible. Morality, therefore, can be viewed as pathology-a rhetorical, psychological, and social tool that is used and abused as a weapon. An expert on Eastern philosophies and social systems theory, Hans-Georg Moeller questions the perceived goodness of morality and those who claim morality is inherently positive. Critiquing the ethical "fanaticism" of Western moralists, such as Immanuel Kant, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Rawls, and the utilitarians, Moeller points to the absurd fundamentalisms and impracticable prescriptions arising from definitions of good. Instead he advances a theory of "moral foolishness," or moral asceticism, extracted from the "amoral" philosophers of East Asia and such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Niklas Luhmann. The moral fool doesn't understand why ethics are necessarily good, and he isn't convinced that the moral perspective is always positive.In this way he is like most people, and Moeller defends this foolishness against ethical pathologies that support the death penalty, just wars, and even Jerry Springer's crude moral theater. Comparing and contrasting the religious philosophies of Christianity, Daoism, and Zen Buddhism, Moeller presents a persuasive argument in favor of amorality.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Hans-Georg MoellerGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Moral Fool
Title: The Moral Fool
Subtitle: A Case for Amorality
ISBN-10: 023114508X
EAN: 9780231145084
ISBN: 9780231145084
Release Date: 07/15/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Moral Fool : a Case for Amorality
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Sociology / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Eastern
Item Height: 0.1 in
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Philosophy, Social Science
Author: Hans-Georg Moeller
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
