Everyday Ethics and Social Change: The Education of Desire

by Anna Lisa Peterson

Book Overview

Americans increasingly cite moral values as a factor in how they vote, but when we define morality simply in terms of a voter's position on gay marriage and abortion, we lose sight of the ethical decisions that guide our everyday lives. In our encounters with friends, family members, nature, and nonhuman creatures, we practice a nonutilitarian morality that makes sacrifice a rational and reasonable choice. Recognizing these everyday ethics, Anna...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231148739
• ISBN13: 9780231148733
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher