American history is filled with moments of grave moral doubt and
institutional crisis, with conflicts over fundamental values, with
ethical dilemmas and paradoxes. This volume surveys the moral
landscape of the American past from slavery to the Vietnam War.
Bringing together fourteen of the most original historians
practicing today, the book illuminates a critical dimension of
American history, even as it shows how historical study contributes
to present-day debates about values and the moral life.
These essays examine a wide range of questions that have engaged
past generations of Americans and persist into the present --
questions about the composition of a moral community and the case
for civil disobedience, about the appropriate responses to
injustices and inequalities, and about the ethical implications of
artistic expression, school curricula, sexual behaviors, and
popular media. Focusing on the impact of moral problems on everyday
experience, the authors consider these questions in light of reform
movements and religious practices; changing social institutions
such as marriage, public schools, labor unions, and penitentiaries;
and enduring moral forces from the Bible to the U.S. Constitution.
Together their essays give historical context to a wide variety of
American practices and beliefs and, in doing so, provide a new
framework for understanding cultural life.
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