Moral Soundings Readings on the Crisis of Values in Contemporary Life
, by Furrow, Dwight; Borgmann, Albert; Rorty, Richard; Fesmire, Steven; Sommers, Christina Hoff; Said, Edward W.; Kurtz, Stanley; Ehrenreich, Barbara; Walls, Jerry L.; Weinberger, Jerry; Kass, Leon; Smiley, Jane; Gornick, Janet C.; Elshtain, Jean Bethke; PoggeNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780742533691 | 0742533697
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/22/2004
This topically organized, interdisciplinary anthology provides competing perspective on the claim that western culture faces a moral crisis. Using clearly written, accessible essays by well-known authors in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities, the book introduces students to a variety of perspectives on the current cultural debate about values that percolates beneath the surface of most of our social and political controversies.