The instructed conscience;: The shaping of the American national ethic,

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. Contents llustrations Introduction Part I: The Teaching of Moral Philosophy 1. Moral Philosophy and Its Uses 2. Representative Men 3. Assumptions and Attitudes Part II: Man’s Moral Nature 4. The Legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment 5. Conscience 6. Will Part III: The Virtuous Life 7. Moral Education 8. The Performance of Duty 9. The Nature of True Virtue Part IV: Moral Government 10. The Moral Law 11. Moral Government and Political Economy 12. A Moral Society Part V: An American Moral Perspective 13. The Passing of Moral Philosophy 14. Textbook Moralism and the Public Conscience Appendix I: Biographical Appendix II: Varieties of Ethical Theory Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index