Civility and its discontents
Subtitle: essays on civic virtue, toleration, and cultural fragmentation
By: edited by Christine T. Sistare.
Contributors: Sistare, C. T. 1951-
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lawrence, Ka
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Social ethics -- United States.; Civil society -- United States.; Social values -- United States.; Social integration -- United States.; Liberalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Toleration -- United States.; Civics.
Description: Contributors from philosophy and political science discuss the observation that civility, civic virtue, tolerance, and socio-cultural unity have declined while exploring the nature of civil society, the conflict between individual liberty and the common good, and the role of law and government policy in weaving the threads of the social fabric. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"An AMINTAPHIL volume."