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The Poverty of Ethics (Hardcover)
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The Poverty of Ethics (Hardcover)
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The Poverty of Ethics stands the usual moral-political dichotomy on
its head. It argues that moral principles do not in fact underlie
or inform political decisions. It is, rather, the conceptual
primacy of political discourse that rescues ethics from its
poverty. Our ethical convictions receive their substance from
historical narratives, political analyses, empirical facts,
literary-educational models, political activity and personal
experience. Yet morality, essentially, doesn't leave room for
relativity: not every ethos deserves to be titles 'moral'. Hence
the book argues further, it is the left ethos, as it has evolved
over years, which forms the basis for ethics: morality is
left-wing! Clarifying and justifying this seemingly odd statement
is the main purpose of this essay. Appealing to philosophical ideas
on the essence of language, on meaning, on understanding and
persuasion, this book scrutinizes the system of concepts and
attitudes informing our common view of the relationship between the
moral and the political. It argues that the traditional conception
of morality is far too narrow to form a basis for political thought
and political action. Its carefully unfolded argument concludes
that none of the current philosophical accounts of morality can be
translated into terms of political will, much less into direct
political action. Being too general and elastic, neither abstract
moral principles, ethical-aesthetic sensibilities, nor the ethical
demand emanating from an Other, can fulfill these tasks. Instead,
the false primacy of the ethical over the political and the
infinite flexibility of vacuous moral discourse are often mobilized
to launder wrongs and delegitimize radical left politics.
Gratification of the moral high ground becomes an implement of
de-politicization, and thus a powerful political instrument in the
hands of those seeking to shore up the existing order.
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