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    • Publisher:
      Acumen Publishing
      Publication date:
      05 February 2013
      29 December 2011
      ISBN:
      9781844654956
      9781844654932
      9781844654949
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/UPO9781844654956
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      Philosophy: General Interest, Philosophy
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    Moralism involves the distortion of moral thought, the distortion of reflection and judgement. It is a vice, and one to which many – from the philosopher to the media pundit to the politician – are highly susceptible. This book examines the nature of moralism in specific moral judgements and the ways in which moral philosophy and theories about morality can themselves become skewed by this vice. The book ranges across the problem of the demands of morality; the conflict between moral and other values; the contrast between the practice of moral philosophy and other modes of moral thought or reflection; moralism in the media; and moralism in the public discussion of literature and art. This highly original and provocative work will be of interest to students of philosophy, psychology, theology and media, and to anyone who takes a serious interest in contemporary morality.

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    "A very important book on a very important subject. Taylor’s charming and delicate prose guides the reader carefully and often delightfully through the difficult waters facing diplomats, journalists, artists, reality-show participants, philosophers, Lord Jim, Dostoevsky’s ‘Idiot’, and in fact all of us. There has never been a better critique of ‘moralism’ than this book."

    Rupert Read

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