The Compassionate Temperament: Care and Cruelty in Modern SocietyRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 20/12/2000 - 144 من الصفحات The argument of this book is that it is in the nature of modernity to foster compassion. Most critics tend to think of modernity as corrosive of moral sentiments. They see clearly the way in which modernity breaks down older social bonds, but they are much less attentive to the ways in which it also builds new ones. This book offers an historically informed corrective to this common view. Sznaider demonstrates that compassion, understood as the organized campaign to lessen the suffering of strangers, is a distinctly modern form of morality. It played an important role in the rise of modern society, and it continues to play an important role today. And when waves of compassion break out into demands for political action, these demands need to be understood rather than criticized as excuses or irrelevancies. Incorporating and critiquing the work of Arendt, Foucault, and other social theorists, this book is both erudite and historically rich—sure to be both controversial and influential among those who debate modernity, morality, and social justice. |
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... theory for thirty years afterwards , and its effects are still felt today . We could simply throw out this complex theory as misguided by saying that Arendt and others made the exception into the rule . But an exception that killed tens ...
... theory for thirty years afterwards , and its effects are still felt today . We could simply throw out this complex theory as misguided by saying that Arendt and others made the exception into the rule . But an exception that killed tens ...
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... Theory of Moral Sentiments has van- ished from the consciousness of even well - read people . Another teacher of com- passion , Rousseau , wrote novels that dealt almost exclusively with moral ques- tions , were the greatest best ...
... Theory of Moral Sentiments has van- ished from the consciousness of even well - read people . Another teacher of com- passion , Rousseau , wrote novels that dealt almost exclusively with moral ques- tions , were the greatest best ...
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... theory of " moral sense , " addressing the problem of sympathy and compassion . Sympathy is a weak form of compas- sion . While compassion knows few limits , sympathy is conditional on others ' appropriate behavior . They considered ...
... theory of " moral sense , " addressing the problem of sympathy and compassion . Sympathy is a weak form of compas- sion . While compassion knows few limits , sympathy is conditional on others ' appropriate behavior . They considered ...
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... Theory of Moral Sentiments ( 1759 ) and The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ) . That the same author wrote on political economy and moral sentiments , on self - interest and sympathy , seemed to many an inconsistency , the so - called Das Adam ...
... Theory of Moral Sentiments ( 1759 ) and The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ) . That the same author wrote on political economy and moral sentiments , on self - interest and sympathy , seemed to many an inconsistency , the so - called Das Adam ...
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... theory of social relations . What is clear from this short historical introduction is that compassion as moral sentiment has become not only a moral obligation but a learned practice . I will show this later in detail . Liberal theory ...
... theory of social relations . What is clear from this short historical introduction is that compassion as moral sentiment has become not only a moral obligation but a learned practice . I will show this later in detail . Liberal theory ...
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Pain and Compassion | 25 |
Cruelty to Children | 45 |
Democracy and Child Welfare | 61 |
The Universalization of Compassion | 83 |
Conclusion | 99 |
Bibliography | 105 |
Index | 123 |
About the Author | 129 |
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