Ethics After Babel: The Languages of Morals and Their DiscontentsA fascinating study of moral languages and their discontents, Ethics after Babel explains the links that connect contemporary moral philosophy, religious ethics, and political thought in clear, cogent, even conversational prose. Princeton's paperback edition of this award-winning book includes a new postscript by the author that responds to the book's noted critics, Stanley Hauerwas and the late Alan Donagan. In answering his critics, Jeffrey Stout clarifies the book's arguments and offers fresh reasons for resisting despair over the prospects of democratic discourse. |
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Ethics After Babel: The Languages of Morals and Their Discontents Jeffrey Stout Limited preview - 2001 |
Ethics After Babel: The Languages of Morals and Their Discontents Jeffrey Stout No preview available - 1990 |
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Page vi - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
References to this book
Facing Modernity: Ambivalence, Reflexivity and Morality Professor Barry Smart No preview available - 1998 |