Social problems: arena of conflict

Green, Arnold W.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York

The Nature of Morality

In this book, Arnold Green discusses the standards that define moral appraisal. Standards assume roles of conduct (however contradictory the rules may be) which can be imposed during socialization only within the traditional family. Otherwise, the basis of order, which is not collective but individual, is undermined by the extreme degree of disaffection we now face. All the panaceas offered, and in some cases enforced, by one intellectual minority or another, will inevitably have a destructive impact upon our communication with one another.Contents: Perception and Ideology; Self and Family; Relativism and the Family Institution; Religion as Vital Force; Social Class and Prejudice.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

University Press of America

In this book, Arnold Green discusses the standards that define moral appraisal. Standards assume roles of conduct (however contradictory the rules may be) which can be imposed during socialization only within the traditional family. Otherwise, the basis of order, which is not collective but individual, is undermined by the extreme degree of disaffection we now face. All the panaceas offered, and in some cases enforced, by one intellectual minority or another, will inevitably have a destructive impact upon our communication with one another. Contents: Perception and Ideology; Self and Family; Relativism and the Family Institution; Religion as Vital Force; Social Class and Prejudice.

<p>Several excellent modem books about Hobbes either focus upon his life or analyze his ideas in a technical way. Green's unique treatment of the English philosopher explores how his times helped shape his basic postulates, which are then linked with his personal experiences, an exercise in modern relativism that Hobbes and his generation would not have appreciated. Hobbes's outlook still remains more relevant to the present time than to the two intervening centuries. The faith that human nature has changed with time and circumstance has waned.Hobbes and Human Nature is a study in applied social theory. Green discusses those issues that Hobbes either stated or provoked: individuals and society as metaphor, religion and atheism, sovereignty and the law, intellectuals and the dominance of minorities over the majority, the precedence of perceived interests over ideas, and the failure of history to determine human fate. The standard comparison with Rousseau is made, with less emphasis upon character than upon revolution and Utopian hope.This volume should be of interest to philosophers, historians, sociologists, and political scientists. It may find some place as assigned reading for undergraduate and especially for graduate students.</p>

Hobbes and Human Nature

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Routledge

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