Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics (Library of Theological Ethics)
By Reinhold Niebuhr.
Description
Arguably his most famous book, Moral Man and Immoral Society is Reinhold Niebuhr's important early study (1932) in ethics and politics. Widely read and continually relevant, this book marked Niebuhr's decisive break from progressive religion and politics toward a more deeply tragic view of human nature and history. Forthright and realistic, Moral Man and Immoral Society argues that individual morality is intrinsically incompatible with collective life, thus making social and political conflict inevitable. Niebuhr further discusses our inability to imagine the realities of collecti...
ISBN(s)
0664235395, 9780664235390
