Open moral communities

Resource Information

The work Open moral communities represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Open moral communities

Statement of responsibility

Seymour J. Mandelbaum

Creator

• Mandelbaum, Seymour J

Subject

• Communities -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Communities
• Communication -- Social aspects
• Cultural pluralism

Language

eng

Summary

"Seymour Mandelbaum's extended reflection on communities and the myths that sustain them is a plea for a communitarian sensibility. Communities are critically important in maintaining and adapting public moral orders. To do so, they must recruit, socialize, and discipline members; distinguish between members and strangers; collect resources; and cultivate a domain of competence." "The communitarian sensibility is a disposition to assess the impact of innovative opportunities and compelling moral claims on the design, repair, and dissolution of communities and communal fields with a healthy skepticism about unlikely strategies."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

307

Index

index present

LC call number

HM756

LC item number

.M36 2000

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography