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	Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad (FRANK COVEY LOYOLA L) by Michael Walzer
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 170 EAN 9780268018979 ISBN 0268018979 Manufacturer University of Notre Dame Press Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 120 Publication Date March 01, 2006 Publisher University of Notre Dame Press Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description In this book, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments first put forth in his influential Spheres of Justice and frames his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past decade. Walzer's aim in this book was to expand the arguments about distributive justice, social criticism, and nationalist politics that appeared in his Spheres of Justice (LJ 1/15/83) and to include the 'new world marked by the collapse of the totalitarian project.' Of the five essays here, three have appeared previously, in one form or another, in scholarly journals. The essays have a rambling, anecdotal quality more suitable to their presentation in 1993 as the Loyola Lectures in Political Analysis than to the more stringent requirements for publication as a monograph. In addition, the arguments are often too technical for the lay reader yet not rigorous or detailed enough for the academic. Walzer (social sciences, Inst. for Advanced Study, Princeton) has not added substantively to his earlier account, making this a marginal purchase for academic collections. Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt. Lib., Washington, D.C. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Walzer (The Company of Critics, 1988, etc.) thoughtfully answers objections to his many influential volumes of social criticism. Walzer attempts to set out careful definitions for various terms that have arisen in public moral debate and beefs up the concepts behind his much discussed work. For him, moral reasoning is at its best when done at the ``thick'' level, in which the many components of individual and communal decision-making, history, and particularity can be dissected, analyzed, and accounted for. But it is the ``thin'' level of moral discourse (where generally recognizable slogans and terms predominate) that most often is the meeting point for intracultural and cross-cultural discussion and debate. Thus, the thin good of ending communism or providing aid to the needy is something that large numbers of people can agree on, but the thick good of making decisions about how to achieve such goals is more difficult. After five tight chapters, Walzer posits that we are all made up of several selves--based in our histories, identities, and associations--that we juggle as we confront a world of complex decisions and ambiguous choices. It is among those selves, rather than in a community of eager discussants, that the most profound moral reasoning occurs, a commentary on what Walzer perceives as the current sad state of public discussion and moral debate. Walzer emerges as a critic willing to take his punches, but who finds himself caught in a trap of sound-bite debate and thin sloganeering. Though Walzer could show himself more aware of some issues, especially gender and race, this is a well-argued, if not always energetic, set of carefully wrought ideas on the state of public moral debate. -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. 'Thick and Thin is a rewarding, provocative, and insightful book.' -- Ethics and International Affairs, Vol.10, 1996 'Extremely readable, engaging and perceptive, ambitiously drawing into a unified framework a variety of difficult moral and political issues.' -- Times Literary Supplement, May 12, 1995 'This is an extremely engaging volume. . . .' -- Religious Studies Review, Vol.21, no.2, April 1995 'Walzer is, as ever, a brilliant and engaging essayist. . . .' -- Choice, February 1995, Vol.32, no.6 '[This] is a moving, eloquent, and at times inspiring meditation on the problem of obligation. . . .' -- Commonweal, October 21, 1994 Walzer (The Company of Critics, 1988, etc.) thoughtfully answers objections to his many influential volumes of social criticism. Walzer attempts to set out careful definitions for various terms that have arisen in public moral debate and beefs up the concepts behind his much discussed work. For him, moral reasoning is at its best when done at the 'thick' level, in which the many components of individual and communal decision-making, history, and particularity can be dissected, analyzed, and accounted for. But it is the 'thin' level of moral discourse (where generally recognizable slogans and terms predominate) that most often is the meeting point for intracultural and cross-cultural discussion and debate. Thus, the thin good of ending communism or providing aid to the needy is something that large numbers of people can agree on, but the thick good of making decisions about how to achieve such goals is more difficult. After five tight chapters, Walzer posits that we are all made up of several selves - based in our histories, identities, and associations - that we juggle as we confront a world of complex decisions and ambiguous choices. It is among those selves, rather than in a community of eager discussants, that the most profound moral reasoning occurs, a commentary on what Walzer perceives as the current sad state of public discussion and moral debate. Walzer emerges as a critic willing to take his punches, but who finds himself caught in a trap of sound-bite debate and thin sloganeering. Though Walzer could show himself more aware of some issues, especially gender and race, this is a well-argued, if not always energetic, set of carefully wrought ideas on the state of public moral debate. (Kirkus Reviews) In this book, Michael Walzer revises and extends the arguments first put forth in his influential Spheres of Justice and frames his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past decade. MICHAEL WALZER is the UPS Foundation Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. He is the author of The Company of Critics, Interpretation and Social Criticism, and Just and Unjust Wars, among other books. Customers who bought this item also bought Just And Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study of Ethics and Politics (Library of Theological Ethics) Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics Politics and Passion: Toward a More Egalitarian Liberalism Customer Reviews for: Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad (FRANK COVEY LOYOLA L) Rating - Walzer's Thick and Thin One can quite easily make the case that John Rawls, at least to a certain degree, laid the foundation for contemporary political thought. Michael Walzer, in the environment of said contemporary political theory, has certainly had his influence; and quite deservedly so. What is perhaps his best work concerning social justice is: Spheres of Justice, published in 1983. Thick and Thin; A Moral Argument at Home and Abroad, is essentially ... Read More Rating - Michael Walzer on Thick and Thin It has become widely popular to draw connections and similarities between the different people in our contemporary world. This might be done in terms of natural or universal human rights or in other ways, which aim to emphasise that we are all part of a common humanity and that we all share similar values despite our cultural differences. There is allegedly some basic morality, which we all share, and on this minimalist morality it is possible to build ... Read More See all books by author Michael Walzer

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