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050 00 $aE839$b.C68 2010
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100 1 $aCotkin, George,$d1950-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87132946
245 10 $aMorality's muddy waters :$bethical quandaries in modern America /$cGeorge Cotkin.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$c2010.
263 $a1003
300 $a262 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Problems of Evil --$gPt. I.$tIn Times of War --$g2.$tA Sky That Never Cared Less --$g3.$tThe Moral Mystery of My Lai --$gPt. II.$tIn Times of Peace --$g4.$tThe Hate Stare: Empathy and Moral Luck --$g5.$tJust Rewards? Capital Punishment --$gPt. III.$tPresent Problems --$g6.$tMuddiness and Moral Clarity: The Iraqi Situation --$tConclusion: Torture and the Tortured.
520 1 $a"In the face of an uncertain and dangerous world, Americans yearn for a firm moral compass, a clear set of ethical guidelines. But as history shows, by reducing complex situations to simple cases of right or wrong we often go astray." "In Morality's Muddy Waters, historian George Cotkin offers a clarion call on behalf of moral complexity. Revisiting several defining moments in the twentieth century - the American bombing of civilians during World War II, the My Lai massacre, racism in the South, capital punishment, the invasion of Iraq - Cotkin chronicles how historical figures have grappled with the problem of evil and moral responsibility - sometimes successfully, oftentimes not. In the process, he offers a wide-ranging tour of modern American history." "Taken together, Cotkin maintains, these episodes reveal that the central concepts of morality - evil, empathy, and virtue - are both necessary and troubling. Without empathy, for example, we fail to inhabit the world of others; with it, we sometimes elevate individual suffering over political complexities. For Cotkin, close historical analysis may help reenergize these concepts for ethical thinking and acting. Morality's Muddy Waters argues for a moral turn in the way we study and think about history, maintaining that even when answers to ethical dilemmas prove elusive, the act of grappling with them is invaluable."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140302
650 0 $aEthics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies.
650 0 $aEthics$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century$vCase studies.
650 0 $aEthical problems$vCase studies.
650 0 $aBombing, Aerial$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMy Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aRacism$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCapital punishment$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xMoral and ethical aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009127543
852 00 $boff,glx$hE839$i.C68 2010
852 00 $bbar,stor$hE839$i.C68 2010