The Ethics of Modernity: Formation and Transformation in Britain, France, Germany, and the United StatesBased on intensive, long-term study, this comparative book traces the role of ethics in the formation of modernity in four Western nations (the US, Britain, France, and Germany). MYnchOs analysis spans several centuries of historical and political development. While ethics has played a clear role in the WestOs transition to modernity, he shows that its role has varied substantially and that it has influenced the development of each nationOs political and social institutions. The book begins with an assessment of the ethics of the West in contrast with the East. MYnch then looks at the formation of the ethics of modernity from ancient Judaism to ascetic Protestantism and modern secularized culture. The Ethics of Modernity builds a systematic reconstruction of the ethical formation of modernity in its different stages and variations, concluding with current globalization trends. |
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... institutions of the welfare state . This is not surprising , because the history of Western development shows that as institutions have undergone steady changes , their underlying values , ideas , and ethical principles have become more ...
... institutions of the welfare state . This is not surprising , because the history of Western development shows that as institutions have undergone steady changes , their underlying values , ideas , and ethical principles have become more ...
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... institutions be constantly exposed to criticism according to such ideals and that changing institutions according to the guidelines of those ide- als be a generally accepted objective of action as a whole and of political action in par ...
... institutions be constantly exposed to criticism according to such ideals and that changing institutions according to the guidelines of those ide- als be a generally accepted objective of action as a whole and of political action in par ...
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... institutions right through to the highest levels of education . This process is by no means complete , but it has arrived at a new stage of development in the age of global modernity . Certainly , in this process of generalization and ...
... institutions right through to the highest levels of education . This process is by no means complete , but it has arrived at a new stage of development in the age of global modernity . Certainly , in this process of generalization and ...
Contents
A Comparative View | 15 |
From Ancient Judaism to Ascetic Protestantism | 34 |
Tradition and Reform | 118 |
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