{"product_id":"moralitys-muddy-waters","title":"Morality's Muddy Waters","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the face of an uncertain and dangerous world, Americans yearn for a firm moral compass, a clear set of ethical guidelines. But as history shows, by reducing complex situations to simple cases of right or wrong we often go astray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Morality's Muddy Waters\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, historian George Cotkin offers a clarion call on behalf of moral complexity. Revisiting several defining moments in the twentieth century--the American bombing of civilians during World War II, the My Lai massacre, racism in the South, capital punishment, the invasion of Iraq--Cotkin chronicles how historical figures have grappled with the problem of evil and moral responsibility--sometimes successfully, oftentimes not. In the process, he offers a wide-ranging tour of modern American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken together, Cotkin maintains, these episodes reveal that the central concepts of morality--evil, empathy, and virtue--are both necessary and troubling. Without empathy, for example, we fail to inhabit the world of others; with it, we sometimes elevate individual suffering over political complexities. For Cotkin, close historical analysis may help reenergize these concepts for ethical thinking and acting. \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Morality's Muddy Waters\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; argues for a moral turn in the way we study and think about history, maintaining that even when answers to ethical dilemmas prove elusive, the act of grappling with them is invaluable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52657441210735,"sku":"9780812222494","price":209.41,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0812222490.jpg?v=1770813992","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/moralitys-muddy-waters","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}