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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... ethical existence . Public compassion has a theoretical source and origin ... moral claim . Public compassion demands the performance of benefi- cent actions ... social ideas of the Latitudinarian The Sociology of Public Compassion 13.
... ethical existence . Public compassion has a theoretical source and origin ... moral claim . Public compassion demands the performance of benefi- cent actions ... social ideas of the Latitudinarian The Sociology of Public Compassion 13.
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... these thinkers strove to solve was the relationship between self - interested individuals and benevolent or other - oriented moral conduct . This tension is particularly clear in Smith's The Sociology of Public Compassion 15.
... these thinkers strove to solve was the relationship between self - interested individuals and benevolent or other - oriented moral conduct . This tension is particularly clear in Smith's The Sociology of Public Compassion 15.
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... SOCIOLOGY OF MORALS This study of compassion is therefore also an exercise in the sociology of mor- als . An empirical and sociological study of morality has to be both descriptive and normative . It not only inquires about the social ...
... SOCIOLOGY OF MORALS This study of compassion is therefore also an exercise in the sociology of mor- als . An empirical and sociological study of morality has to be both descriptive and normative . It not only inquires about the social ...
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... ethical universality is particularly expressed in Luke 10.29 in the parable of the " Good Samaritan . " Jesus tells this story in answer to the question " And who is my neighbor ? " — the ... moral The Sociology of Public Compassion 19.
... ethical universality is particularly expressed in Luke 10.29 in the parable of the " Good Samaritan . " Jesus tells this story in answer to the question " And who is my neighbor ? " — the ... moral The Sociology of Public Compassion 19.
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... MORALITY Where do these debates , centered around questions of moral relativism versus moral absolutism , duty versus inclination , reason versus sentiment , leave the sociologist interested in the sociology of moral conduct ? Does 20 ...
... MORALITY Where do these debates , centered around questions of moral relativism versus moral absolutism , duty versus inclination , reason versus sentiment , leave the sociologist interested in the sociology of moral conduct ? Does 20 ...
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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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