Preface to Morals

Name: Preface to Morals
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ISBN: 9780878559077

ISBN-10: 0878559078

ISBN-13: 9780878559077

Edition: 1982 (Reprint)

Authors: Walter Lippmann, John Patrick Diggins, Walter Lippman

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After an eloquent and moving analysis of what he sees as the disillusion of themodern age, Lippmann posits as the central dilemma of liberalism its inability to find an appropriate substitute for the older forms of authority— church, state, class, family, law, custom—that it has denied. Lippmann attempts to find a way out of this chaos through the acceptance of a higher humanism and a way of life inspired by the ideal of "disinterestedness" in all things. In his new introduction to the Transaction edition, John Patrick Diggins marks A Preface to Morals, originally published in 1929, as a critical turning point in Lippmann's intellectual career. He also provides an excellent discussion of…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/30/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 404
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English