The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values

Type

Book

Authors

Gertrude Himmelfarb

ISBN 13

9780679438175

Tags

Ethics & Morality, Ethics

Description

Contrasting the Victorian system of virtues--respectability, self-help, discipline, cleanliness, obedience, orderliness--with the opportunistic, superficial morality of modern society, an intellectual historian calls for a deeper commitment to moral responsibility. 12,500 first printing. - from Amzon

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