Fleming, Thomas, 1945-

The morality of everyday life : rediscovering an ancient alternative to the liberal tradition / Thomas Fleming. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2004. - 270 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.

Hell and other people -- Citizens of the world -- Too much reality -- Growing up un-absurd -- Problems of perspective -- The myth of individualism -- Goodbye, old rights of man.

Offers an alternative to the enlightened liberalism espoused by thinkers as different as Kant, Mill, Rand and Rawls. Fleming advocated a return to premodern traditions, such as those in the texts of Aristotle, the Talmud, and the folk wisdom in ancient Greek literature, for a solution to ethical predicaments.

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Ethics.
Morale.

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