Making Morality: Child Deaths in the Nineteenth Century

by Todd Lekan

Book Overview

In this new contribution to moral theory, Todd Lekan argues for a pragmatist conception of morality as an evolving, educational, and fallible practice of everyday life. Drawing on the work of John Dewey, Lekan asserts that moral norms are neither timeless truths nor subjective whims, but habits transmitted through practices. Like the habits that make up medicine or engineering, moral habits are subject to rational evaluation and change according to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826514219
• ISBN13: 9780826514219
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.2"