The American Moralist: On Law, Ethics, and Government

by George Anastaplo

Book Overview

The essays collected here, somewhat autobiographical in their effect, range from a discussion of the despair of the Cold War and Vietnam in 1966 to reflections on the euphoria over the ending of the Cold War in Eastern Europe in 1990. The opening essays are general in nature: exploring the foundation and limitation of sound morality; examining what is "American" about American morality; measuring all by the yardsticks provided by classical and modern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821410792
• ISBN13: 9780821410790
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 647 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"