Susan Neiman is a moral philosopher committed to making the
tools of her trade relevant to real life. In "Moral Clarity, "she
shows how resurrecting a moral vocabulary--"good "and "evil,
heroism "and "nobility"--can steer us clear of the dogmas of the
right and the helpless pragmatism of the left. In search of a
framework for forming clear opinions and taking responsible action
on today's urgent political and social questions, Neiman reaches
back to the eighteenth century, retrieving a set of
virtues--happiness, reason, reverence, and hope--that were held
high by every Enlightenment thinker. She shows that the pursuit of
moral clarity is not a matter of religious faith but is open to all
who are committed to these ideals, believers and nonbelievers
alike. And she draws on literature, evolutionarytheory, and other
contemporary research to show why, by keeping before us the
distinction between the real and the possible, these ideals
continue to guide and inspire.
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