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Title: Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again and the Politically Correct Do Evil in the Name of Good
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| Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again and the Politically Correct Do Evil in the Name of Good by Paradigm Publishers I think this is a manga w/o pictures ... | but I'm not sure. I also believe that this guy Yale Magrass upgraded his named from Whata MagAss. I mean if you ate a lot of Nachos and were known as Whata Magass, wouldn't you change your name? Sorry for the rhetorical question. Let's move on.
Speaking of move on. You can save time and money if you just go to moveon.org and read that the USA is now a lot like 1940's Nazi Germany. Read it on George Soros' dime. After all these guys are riding the same subway train so why pay for it? Hop the turnstile. Be a mensch!
But, I think the critical question the book doesn't address is: Is it better to be a Captilist Dupe or a Marxist Dope? I think I prefer the former because it takes longer to kill you. You end up in your 70s pushing a Walmart shopping cart and picking up old wine bottles. Now if you choose the latter, you can get Khmer Rouged right away at any age. Just say "I want some more cheese" and zap - you're gone with extra holes in your head.
But the real question is, is this guy Magrass or Magass? | | Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again and the Politically Correct Do Evil in the Name of Good by Paradigm Publishers Satellite camera's view of political scene | This book offers a provocative historical framework for viewing our political scene. It not only spotlights the evil done in the name of morality, it focuses on the dynamics that create and help to perpetuate this "immoral morality" in our current disfunctional political system. It draws parallels with other times and places (e.g., Rome, the British Empire, Nazi Germany), allowing us learn not only from the similarities, but from the consequences. Although many of the individual points made in the book have been made elsewhere, I have not seen them brought together in such a clear, integrated way. The book prompts us to stand back, way back, to view our country and to understand it in terms of a complex of social and political dynamics that has surfaced before in human society.
This book provides import insights into our current political and social dilemmas, but do enough of us and our leaders have enough of a philosophical and intellectual bent to profit from it? That is the question. | | Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again and the Politically Correct Do Evil in the Name of Good by Paradigm Publishers coins the term Immoral Morality | | This is an exceptionally well-written development of the concept of "moral immorality;" the use of moral justifications for immoral actions. Derber and Magrass argue that the discourse of higher morality is used to justify any number of evil actions both historically and in contemporary America. They expose manipulative claims of moral superiority from government officials, right wing activists and leftist groups. The authors urge Americans to deconstruct the surface rhetoric in order to recognize each groups' real agenda. | | Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again and the Politically Correct Do Evil in the Name of Good by Paradigm Publishers Product Description | What do empire, the born again, and the politically correct have in common? Is patriotism a good thing? Did General Patraeus betray us, or did MoveOn? Does morality often serve immoral purposes?
This book offers a new way to approach these questions, which lie just beneath our increasingly poisoned political conversation today. Derber and Magrass show that the problem today is not just lying but “immoral morality,” doing evil in the name of good. Both Republican and Democratic presidents, they show, have been immoral moralists.
The authors explore three ancient codes of immoral morality frighteningly resurrected in America today —those of empire, the politically correct, and the born again. The British preached the White Man’s Burden to show empire was a moral obligation. Bush today proclaims that the U.S. must occupy Iraq to spread liberty. Although the right today has recrafted historic arguments that empires bring peace, and fundamentalists battle moral decay, the authors show that the Democratic Party and the left have their own IM, with Democrats supporting empire and the left its own political correctness.
America’s political divide today is a backlash to the progressive revolution of the 1960s and 1970s—secular, antiwar, and feminist—that created a radical break from traditional values and set the stage for current morality wars. In the spirit of de Tocqueville, this powerful book offers a rich and vivid portrait of America’s political landscape, exploring ideas that can help move the nation to a new morality and politics.
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