Decadence
SUGGESTED
A collection of fine essays in recognition of Colin Robinson
This contrarian book marks the passing of personal virtue and its replacement by political slogans
In this collection twelve commentators survey the decline of the old morality and examine the rise of the new.
Contents:
Introduction and summary by Digby Anderson
Prudence: the orchestration of the virtues by Kenneth Minogue
Courage: a classical virtue by David Womersley
Love: a christian virtue by Digby Anderson
Thrift: a victorian virtue with Calvinist origins by Theodore Malloch
Disinterest: an administrative virtue by Alexander Evans
The family virtues: authority and obedience; stewardship and succession by Simon Green
Distributive justice or social justice by Nicholas Capaldi
The environmental virtues by Christie Davies
The caring virtues by Peter Mullen
Help-seeking and the therapeutic virtues by Frank Furedi
The business virtues: transparency and accountability by Elaine Sternberg
The intellectual virtues: being critical by Roger Kimball
2005, Published by the Social Affairs Unit, ISBN 1 904863 04 3, 240pp, HB
See Also:
The Dictionary of Dangerous Words by Digby Anderson