ORDINARY VICES by Judith N. Shklar. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , Pp. This handsomely produced book is not quite as satisfying to. The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Shklar’s “ordinary vices”–cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and. Judith Shklar’s Ordinary Vices is a wise, clever, thoughtful book about the danger and the value of various personal vices – cruelty, hypocrisy.
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A few worthwhile thoughts scattered, but no real sustained attempt at persuasion that these vices cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, jkdith, misanthropy ought to be avoided above all others.
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Published July 1st by Belknap Press first published July 1st She uses a wide range of writers, but her book gives far more than a well-written set of reflections on what has been thought about these bad characteristics.
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The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Judith Shklar’s “ordinary vices”–cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanthropy–are merely treacherous shoals, flawing our characters with mean-spiritedness and inhumanity.
The seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Shklar’s “ordinary vices”–cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanthropy–are merely treacherous shoals, flawing our characters with mean-spiritedness and inhumanity.
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She examines their destructive effects, the ambiguities of the moral problems they pose to the liberal ethos, and their implications for government and citizens: Sign syklar here to receive your FREE alerts. Shklar’s “liberalism of fear” is a sshklar interesting concept In Of Cannibals I, xxxi Montaigne calls treachery, disloyalty, cruelty, and tyranny “”our ordinary vices. Media reporter, reviewer, producer, guest booker, blogger.
Harvard University Press Amazon. But few political philosophers have her clean prose style, her broad range of literary reference, and her relentless logic. Even though I think it’s kind of a dumb title.