Ethics in Hard Times by Arthur Kaplan

Ethics in Hard Times by Arthur Kaplan

There is widespread agreement among large segments of western society that we are living in a period of hard times. At first glance such a belief might seem exceedingly odd. After all, persons in western society find themselves living in a time of unprecedented material abundance. Hunger and disease, evils all too familiar to the members of earlier generations, although far from eradicated from modern life, are plainly on the wane. Persons alive today can look forward to healthier, longer, and more comfortable lives than those of their grand- parents. Nevertheless, the feeling that life today is especially difficult is rampant in government, in the media, in popular books, and in academic circles. Western society is perceived in many quarters as wracked by crises of all sorts-of faith, of power, of authority, of social turmoil, of declining quality in workmanship and products, and of a general intellectual malaise afflicting both those on the Left and the Right. A tone of crisis permeates the language of public life. Editorials in major newspapers are full of dire warnings about the dangers of unbridled egoism, avarice and greed, and the risks and horrors of pollution, overpopulation, the arms race, crime, and indulgent lifestyles.

Art Kaplan is a retired veteran teacher who taught Science at the junior high school level in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a BA in Geology and a MA in Education.

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ISBN 13	9781468440249
ISBN 10	1468440241
Title	Ethics in Hard Times
Author	Arthur Kaplan
Series	The Hastings Center Series In Ethics
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Year published	2012-12-12
Number of pages	296
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