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9781472526151 English 1472526155 "Moral Matters: The Case for Conservative Philosophy" is Mark Dooley's defence of intellectual conservatism in what he called 'an age of liberalism'. For Dooley, liberalism is not, as is often claimed by its proponents, a philosophy of freedom, but one of homelessness and rupture from settled conventions. It is a philosophy of individualism that repudiates community and compromise in exchange for egoism and alienation. In contrast, he sees conservatism as a philosophy of love - love of all those things which comprise the social, moral, religious and cultural patrimony. It is a philosophy that looks upon the world, not as something to be remade on a whim, but as a gift to be cherished in the name of 'absent generations'. If liberalism is a 'dictatorship of relativism', conservatism is an ethics of virtue which promotes true liberty rooted in responsibility. At a time when the moral destiny of mankind is at stake, "Moral Matters" presents a convincing case for conservative philosophy as an antidote to alienation and a key to personal happiness., Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming is Mark Dooley's attempt to offer an alternative to 'Cyberia'. It is a book about home, memory and identity. At a time when people are rapidly disengaging from those forms of life which once bound them together, it can be argued that our happiness depends on saving and conserving them. We cannot flourish in isolation or by detaching from the social sphere which surrounds us. We cannot truly prosper or progress if we choose to forget where we came from or if we dismiss our inherited moral wisdom. And yet, in opting for loss, separation and homelessness, it seems we have done just that. We have opted for a rootless existence where alienation and amnesia are the norm. This powerful and passionate book shows how the alienated, 'postmodern' self can become re-rooted to time and place and restored to full humanity and happiness whilst moving in a virtual, hyperconnected world. In caring for creation, conserving culture and saving the sacred we can once again make our home in the world and experience the consolation of moving from loss to love., Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming is Mark Dooley's defence of intellectual conservatism in what he called 'an age of liberalism'. For Dooley, liberalism is not, as is often claimed by its proponents, a philosophy of freedom, but one of homelessness and rupture from settled conventions. It is a philosophy of individualism that repudiates community and compromise in exchange for egoism and alienation. In contrast, he sees conservatism as a philosophy of love - love of all those things which comprise the social, moral, religious and cultural patrimony. It is a philosophy that looks upon the world, not as something to be remade on a whim, but as a gift to be cherished in the name of 'absent generations'. If liberalism is a 'dictatorship of relativism', conservatism is an ethics of virtue which promotes true liberty rooted in responsibility. At a time when the moral destiny of mankind is at stake, Moral Matters presents a convincing case for conservative philosophy as an antidote to alienation and a key to personal happiness.
9781472526151 English 1472526155 "Moral Matters: The Case for Conservative Philosophy" is Mark Dooley's defence of intellectual conservatism in what he called 'an age of liberalism'. For Dooley, liberalism is not, as is often claimed by its proponents, a philosophy of freedom, but one of homelessness and rupture from settled conventions. It is a philosophy of individualism that repudiates community and compromise in exchange for egoism and alienation. In contrast, he sees conservatism as a philosophy of love - love of all those things which comprise the social, moral, religious and cultural patrimony. It is a philosophy that looks upon the world, not as something to be remade on a whim, but as a gift to be cherished in the name of 'absent generations'. If liberalism is a 'dictatorship of relativism', conservatism is an ethics of virtue which promotes true liberty rooted in responsibility. At a time when the moral destiny of mankind is at stake, "Moral Matters" presents a convincing case for conservative philosophy as an antidote to alienation and a key to personal happiness., Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming is Mark Dooley's attempt to offer an alternative to 'Cyberia'. It is a book about home, memory and identity. At a time when people are rapidly disengaging from those forms of life which once bound them together, it can be argued that our happiness depends on saving and conserving them. We cannot flourish in isolation or by detaching from the social sphere which surrounds us. We cannot truly prosper or progress if we choose to forget where we came from or if we dismiss our inherited moral wisdom. And yet, in opting for loss, separation and homelessness, it seems we have done just that. We have opted for a rootless existence where alienation and amnesia are the norm. This powerful and passionate book shows how the alienated, 'postmodern' self can become re-rooted to time and place and restored to full humanity and happiness whilst moving in a virtual, hyperconnected world. In caring for creation, conserving culture and saving the sacred we can once again make our home in the world and experience the consolation of moving from loss to love., Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming is Mark Dooley's defence of intellectual conservatism in what he called 'an age of liberalism'. For Dooley, liberalism is not, as is often claimed by its proponents, a philosophy of freedom, but one of homelessness and rupture from settled conventions. It is a philosophy of individualism that repudiates community and compromise in exchange for egoism and alienation. In contrast, he sees conservatism as a philosophy of love - love of all those things which comprise the social, moral, religious and cultural patrimony. It is a philosophy that looks upon the world, not as something to be remade on a whim, but as a gift to be cherished in the name of 'absent generations'. If liberalism is a 'dictatorship of relativism', conservatism is an ethics of virtue which promotes true liberty rooted in responsibility. At a time when the moral destiny of mankind is at stake, Moral Matters presents a convincing case for conservative philosophy as an antidote to alienation and a key to personal happiness.