附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Moral Imagination and Democracy; 1. Moral Risk and Dark Waters; 2. Self-Respect: What Institutions Have to Do with Expectations; 3. Integrity, Stability, and the Self; 4. Friendship and Solidarity; 5. Artless Integrity and the Power of the Story; 6. "We Must Continue Dreaming": Democracy, Cuba, and the Armed Owl; References; Index; About the Author.
摘要:Susan Babbitt dissects a common moral perspective for judging importance which she calls 'moral imagination.' In order to explain ourselves, and to recognize in others, what we often already perceive intuitively to be right or good, we instinctively create a story as a framework. She argues that we intentionally create stories which appear artless or chaotic, something capable of imperfection. This allows the story-maker to eventually deviate if he or she chooses, without a loss of hope, even if that direction and goal may not yet be able to be fully articulated or defended.
