Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: PI.I Shkl / College 3c - Englisch / Regal 3c-2	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Judith Shklar¿s ¿ordinary vices¿¿cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanthropy¿are merely treacherous shoals, flawing our characters with mean-spiritedness and inhumanity. / Shklar draws from a brilliant array of writers¿Molière and Dickens on hypocrisy, Jane Austen on snobbery, Shakespeare and Montesquieu on misanthropy, Hawthorne and Nietzsche on cruelty, Conrad and Faulkner on betrayal¿to reveal the nature and effects of the vices. She examines their destructive effects, the ambiguities of the moral problems they pose to the liberal ethos, and their implications for government and citizens: liberalism is a difficult and challenging doctrine that demands a tolerance of contradiction, complexity, and the risks of freedom. /

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS: / / Introduction: Thinking about Vices / 1. Putting Cruelty First / 2. Let Us not be Hypocritical / 3. What is Wrong with Snobbery? / 4. The Ambiguities of Betrayal / 5. Misanthropy / 6. Bad Characters for Good Liberals / Notes / Credits / Index / /