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Public Morality and Liberal Society: Essays on Decency, Law, and Pornography
Harry M. Clor
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Description for Public Morality and Liberal Society: Essays on Decency, Law, and Pornography
Hardcover. Departing from the usual discussions of public morality, and considering the moral interests of the community as a whole, this book is a contribution to this intensely debated theme and considers how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice in a liberal society. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. .
The issue of public morality, so often at the center of heated debates about pornography, narcotics, public indecency, violent entertainment, "family values," et cetera, is at once a continuing reality and a persistent dilemma in our liberal society. With Public Morality and Liberal Society, Harry M. Clor makes an important contribution to this perennial and intensely debated theme by considering how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice within a liberal society. Clor develops his argument in five parts. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the various controversies and ambiguities about public morality in American life ... Read more
The issue of public morality, so often at the center of heated debates about pornography, narcotics, public indecency, violent entertainment, "family values," et cetera, is at once a continuing reality and a persistent dilemma in our liberal society. With Public Morality and Liberal Society, Harry M. Clor makes an important contribution to this perennial and intensely debated theme by considering how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice within a liberal society. Clor develops his argument in five parts. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the various controversies and ambiguities about public morality in American life ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Univ of Notre Dame Pr
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268038137
SKU
V9780268038137
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About Harry M. Clor
Harry M. Clor is professor emeritus of political science at Kenyon College. Clor, a member of Kenyon's political science faculty from 1965 until his retirement in 1999. He is the author of Obscenity and Public Morality: Censorship in a Liberal Society and many articles and essays in political science.
Reviews for Public Morality and Liberal Society: Essays on Decency, Law, and Pornography
“One seldom sees a thoughtful, well-reasoned argument for serious public morality today—by serious I mean backed by the sanction of law—especially one meant to appeal both to believers and unbelievers. This is such a book. With it, Harry M. Clor has shed light on the most confusing issue of our age: the place of public morality in liberal society.”
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