The Moral Commonwealth

Preface Acknowledgments PART ONE MORALITY AND MODERNITY 1. Nature, Ethics, and the Modern Mind Modernity and Modernisms Naturalism in Ethics Moral Well-being 2. Reason and Rationalism Rationalism and Positivism Five Pillars of Reason 3. Authenticity and Subjectivism From Mind to Self Subjectivity and Social Reality Subjectivity and Subjectivism 4. Plurality and Relativism Diversity and Convergence The Idea of Humanity Plurality and Objectivity PART TWO THE MORAL PERSON 5. Human Nature Revisited Sociology and Human Nature Marx and Durkheim 6. Moral Development Conscience and Competence The Morality of Cooperation Recalcitrance and Frailty 7. Virtue and Commitment Segmental and Core Participation The Primacy of the Particular The Implicated Self 8. The Responsible Self Self-preservation Integrity and Personhood Buddhist Self-regard Conclusion PART THREE THE MORAL INSTITUTION 9. Theory of Institutions Organization~ Institution~Community Rational Systems and Moral Agency The Michels Effect The Critique of Domination 10. Authority and Bureaucracy Legitimacy: The Quality of Consent The Moral Worth of Bureaucracy Beyond Domination 11. Management and Governance Speech and Community Private Government The Politics of Human Relations 12. Integrity and Responsibility Ends, Means, and Integrity Autonomy and Responsiveness The Responsible Enterprise PART FOUR THE MORAL COMMUNITY 13. In Search of Community The Sociology of Community Liberalism and Community 14. Civility and Piety Critical and Conventional Morality Ideology and Civility Civility and Religion 15. Communitarian Justice An Integrative Virtue From Law to Justice A Communitarian Legacy Constitution and Community Responsive Law 16. Covenant and Commonwealth Moral and Social Equality Communal Democracy The Covenant of Reason Name Index Subject Index