num_pages: 284
description: Moral Man and Immoral Society is Reinhold Niebuhr's important early study in ethics and politics. Forthright and realistic, it discusses the inevitability of social conflict, the brutal behavior of human collectives of every sort, the inability of rationalists and social scientists to even imagine the realities of collective power, and, ultimately, how individual morality can overcome social immorality.The Library of Theological Ethics series focuses on what it means to think theologically and ethically. It presents a selection of important and otherwise unavailable texts in easily accessible form. Volumes in this series will enable sustained dialogue with predecessors though reflection on classic works in the field.
language: English
title: Moral Man and Immoral Society: Study in Ethics and Politics
titlecomplete: Moral Man and Immoral Society: Study in Ethics and Politics
genres: Political Science, Religion, Politics, Theology, Philosophy, Christian, Cultural, Nonfiction, Sociology, Christianity
ratings_count: 1133
series: Library of Theological Ethics
publisher: Westminster John Knox Press