Ethical Life: The Past and Present of Ethical Cultures

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How can one be ethical in modern life In contemporary times, decisions to act according to one's beliefs can be difficult. Harry Redner here provides a survey of the nature of ethics. He delves into the role of ethics in past and present civilizations, exploring the ancient Israeli, Greek, Chinese, Indian and Persian traditions. Only through understanding these ethical systems, Redner believes, can one understand the current state of ethics. Redner goes on to identify the crisis in ethics of the 20th century on the three analytically distinct levels of society, culture and the individual. This survey of past and present ethical cultures seeks to answer the questions of why and how one should be ethical.

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Redner writes in a very clear, direct, forceful style that is very appropriate for reaching an intended textbook audience. The narrative of the book collapses both spatial and temporal boundaries to arrive at the common elements that link East and West, the past and the present. His arguments are well-constructed and well-placedappropriately crafted to carry the novice as well as the experienced and scholarly reader along in their momentum. -- Aryeh Botwinick, Temple University

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Harry Redner is the author of numerous books on ethics and the philosophy of science, including Malign Masters: Gentile, Heidegger, Lukacs, Wittgenstein, and A New Theory of Representation: Towards An Integrated Theory of Representation in Science, Politics and Art.