After an eloquent and moving analysis of what he sees as the
disillusion of themodern age, Lippmann posits as the central
dilemma of liberalism its inability to find an appropriate
substitute for the older forms of authority - church, state, class,
family, law, custom - that it has denied. Lippmann attempts to find
a way out of this chaos through the acceptance of a higher humanism
and a way of life inspired by the ideal of "disinterestedness" in
all things.In his new introduction to the Transaction edition, John
Patrick Diggins marks A Preface to Morals, originally published in
1929, as a critical turning point in Lippmann's intellectual
career. He also provides an excellent discussion of the enduring
value of this major twentieth-century work by situating it within
the context of other intellectual movements.
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