The Moral Mind

    A study of what it is to be human

    Henry Haslam

    96 pages £8.95/$17.90
    184540016X (pbk.) November 2005

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    The reality and validity of the moral sense — which ordinary people take for granted — took a battering in the last century. Materialist trends in philosophy, decline in religious faith, and a loosening of traditional moral constraints contributed to a shift in public attitudes, with many decent honest folk both aware of a questioning of moral claims and uneasy with a world that has no place for the moral dimension. Haslam shows how important the moral sense is to the human personality and exposes the weakness in much current thinking that suggests otherwise. His goal is to help the reader to a mature and confident understanding of the moral mind, which constitutes an essential part of what it is to be human.

    "Marking a true advance in the discussion of evolutionary explanations of morality, this book is highly recommended for all collections." David Gordon, Library Journal

    "An extremely sensible little book. It does what I’m always trying to do myself — says things that are really rather obvious, but which have somehow got forgotten and become invisible."  Mary Midgley

    "A stimulating introduction to the questions about conscience and morality that continue to hover over a the investigation of the moral sense by philosophers and scientists."  Albert D. Spalding, Metapsychology

    "Although the author is a Christian, the book seeks out the common ground that can be widely shared by people of different beliefs."  Network Review

    "I recommend this book." Edward P. Echlin, Fourth World Review

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