Rethinking Goodness
Author | : Michael A. Wallach |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1990-07-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781438423104 |
ISBN-13 | : 1438423101 |
Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rethinking Goodness written by Michael A. Wallach and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1990-07-05 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that a psychological basis for ethics can be found in human motivation, Rethinking Goodness proposes a naturalistic ethics that transcends the conflict between liberalism and authoritarianism—the conflict between freedom at the price of narcissism and morality at the price of coercion. The authors offer a third option, an ethic broader than liberalism's pursuit of the personal, that avoids jeopardizing, as do authoritarian positions, the centrality of individual autonomy.