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The D E A T H of CHARACTER This page intentionally left blank D E A T H CHARACTER Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil JAMES DAVISON HUNTER A Mclm7:bc.r of the Perscus Books Group Cohvright @2000b y lames Uavison Hunter PublisI~edb y. Basic Rooks, A member of the Perseus Baoks Group AI1 rights mserrred, Printed in the United States of America, No parr of this book may be reproduced in any nlanner whatsoever without written pcrfnission except in the cdse of brief qt~t~tatioe~mzsb ocl- ied in critical articles and revietvs, For information, address Basic Books, 387 Park Avenue South, NCWY ak, NV 10016-8810. Library of Collgress Cataloging-in-Publiarioll Data The death of character : moral education in an age without good or evil i lames Uavison Hunter. p, cm. Indudes bibliographical refere~lcesa nd index. ISBN 0-465-04730-0 icloth); fSRN 0-465-05177-3 (pbk.1 l. MordI edrtcation-United States. 2. Character. 3, Education-Social Aspects-tmited States, I. Title. K31 1 .H85 2000 370.1 1'4-4~21 00-027937 Designed by :lyef Ntrillicrnrs For Stan Gaede Robert Wuthnow and Peter L. Berger This page intentionally left blank "The issue is what sources can support our far-reaching moral commitments to benevolence and justice:' Chal-l.lw 'I'uylut; Sources of the Self This page intentionally left blank C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments P~st-pl"tortem Part One: Introduction The Moral Lives of Children and the Moral Life of the Nation Character and Culture Part Two: The Transformation of Moral Education The Early Modern Regime and its Transformation The Progressive Turn in Moral Education Excursus: The Crisis @Character . , , That lsn?, 79 The Psychological Regime The Neoclassical and Communitarian Backlash The Ambivalence Within Faith Communities Pnrting. Observations: hrloral Education and the Triumph ofthe Thempeutic, I46 Part Three: Unintended Consequences The Impotence of Contemporary Moral Education Excullsus: Mcrral Cultures a dT bzeir Cclursequences, 157 Lessons in Subjectivism
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