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Faces of Moderation - The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (Hardcover)
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Faces of Moderation - The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes (Hardcover)
Series: Haney Foundation Series
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Aristotle listed moderation as one of the moral virtues. He also
defined virtue as the mean between extremes, implying that
moderation plays a vital role in all forms of moral excellence. But
moderation's protean character-its vague and ill-defined
omnipresence in judgment and action-makes it exceedingly difficult
to grasp theoretically. At the same time, moderation seems to be
the foundation of many contemporary democratic political regimes,
because the competition between parties cannot properly function
without compromise and bargaining. The success of representative
government and its institutions depends to a great extent on the
virtue of moderation, yet the latter persists in being absent from
both the conceptual discourse of many political philosophers and
the campaign speeches of politicians fearful of losing elections if
they are perceived as moderates. Aurelian Craiutu aims to resolve
this paradox. Examining the writings of prominent twentieth-century
thinkers such as Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Norberto Bobbio,
Michael Oakeshott, and Adam Michnik, he addresses the following
questions: What does it mean to be a moderate voice in political
and public life? What are the virtues and limits of moderation? Can
moderation be the foundation for a successful platform or party?
Though critics maintain that moderation is merely a matter of
background and personal temperament, Craiutu finds several basic
norms that have consistently appeared in different national and
political contexts. The authors studied in this book defended
pluralism of ideas, interests, and social forces, and sought to
achieve a sound balance between them through political trimming.
They shared a preoccupation with political evil and human dignity,
but refused to see the world in Manichaean terms that divide it
neatly into the forces of light and those of darkness. Faces of
Moderation argues that moderation remains crucial for today's
encounters with new forms of extremism and fundamentalism across
the world.
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