The loss of virtue : moral confusion and social disorder in Britain and America / edited by Digby Anderson. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [London] : Social Affairs Unit, (c)1992.Description: xxvii, 258 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HN390.S678.L677 1992
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Contents:
Digby Anderson -- Moralization and demoralization : a moral explanation for changes in crime, disorder and social problems Christie Davies -- Manliness and civility : lost sources of self-restraint and social cohesion Simon Green -- Toleration : and the currently offensive implication of judgement John Gray -- Domestic economy : improvidence and irresponsiblity in the low-income home Digby Anderson -- Duty and self-sacrifice for country : the new disparagement of public ideals Jon Davies -- Service and national service : the obligations of citizenship Christopher Dandeker -- Fidelity in the family : once absolute, now another 'choice' / Patricia Morgan -- Self-control : the family as the source of 'conscience' / Richard Lynn.
Adrian Furnham -- Honesty, honour and trust : the decline of self-policing in society Robert Grant -- Respect and the dangers of an unfettered 'critical spirit' in education Anthony O'Hear -- Diligence abandoned : the dismissal of traditional virtues in the school Dennis O'Keeffe -- Discretion : quietly discriminating between the deserving and undeserving poor Mark Almond -- Self-improvement : and its neglect by the contemporary mainstream churches Antony Flew -- Making people good--again : the role of authority fear and example David Martin.
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Introduction and summary of contents : the moral poverty of contemporary social analysis Digby Anderson -- Moralization and demoralization : a moral explanation for changes in crime, disorder and social problems Christie Davies -- Manliness and civility : lost sources of self-restraint and social cohesion Simon Green -- Toleration : and the currently offensive implication of judgement John Gray -- Domestic economy : improvidence and irresponsiblity in the low-income home Digby Anderson -- Duty and self-sacrifice for country : the new disparagement of public ideals Jon Davies -- Service and national service : the obligations of citizenship Christopher Dandeker -- Fidelity in the family : once absolute, now another 'choice' / Patricia Morgan -- Self-control : the family as the source of 'conscience' / Richard Lynn.

Fortitude : the modern tendencies to narcissism and blaming others Adrian Furnham -- Honesty, honour and trust : the decline of self-policing in society Robert Grant -- Respect and the dangers of an unfettered 'critical spirit' in education Anthony O'Hear -- Diligence abandoned : the dismissal of traditional virtues in the school Dennis O'Keeffe -- Discretion : quietly discriminating between the deserving and undeserving poor Mark Almond -- Self-improvement : and its neglect by the contemporary mainstream churches Antony Flew -- Making people good--again : the role of authority fear and example David Martin.

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