Democracy and Tradition

Name: Democracy and Tradition
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ISBN: 9780691123820

ISBN-10: 0691123829

ISBN-13: 9780691123820

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jeffrey Stout

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Do religious arguments have a public role in the post-9/11 world? Can we hold democracy together despite fractures over moral issues? Are there moral limits on the struggle against terror? Asking how the citizens of modern democracy can reason with one another, this book carves out a controversial position between those who view religious voices as an anathema to democracy and those who believe democratic society is a moral wasteland because such voices are not heard. Drawing inspiration from Whitman, Dewey, and Ellison, Jeffrey Stout sketches the proper role of religious discourse in a democracy. He discusses the fate of virtue, the legacy of racism, the moral issues implicated in the war…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.94" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Question of Character



Character and Piety from Emerson to Dewey



Race and Nation in Baldwin and Ellison



Religious Voices in a Secular Society



Religious Reasons in Political Argument



Secularization and Resentment



The New Traditionalism



Virtue and the Way of the World



Between Example and Doctrine



A Conditioned Rectitude



Democratic Norms in the Age of Terrorism



The Emergence of Modern Democratic Culture



The Ideal of a Common Morality



Ethics without Metaphysics



Ethics as a Social Practice


Conclusion


Notes


Index