Moral Man and Immoral Society

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book non-fiction book work of Christian social ethics

Moral Man and Immoral Society is a seminal 1932 work of Christian social ethics in which Reinhold Niebuhr argues that individuals can act morally but groups and societies are driven by power and self-interest, requiring realistic political constraints.

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instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ work of Christian social ethics ⓘ
addresses	limits of moral suasion in politics ⓘ relationship between ethics and power ⓘ role of coercion in achieving justice ⓘ
aimsTo	reconcile Christian ethics with political realism ⓘ
author	Reinhold Niebuhr NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	Christian ethics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social ethics ⓘ theology ⓘ
hasPart	analysis of individual vs collective morality ⓘ critique of liberal optimism ⓘ discussion of coercion in social change ⓘ discussion of nationalism and war ⓘ reflection on class conflict ⓘ
hasReception	considered a classic of Christian social thought ⓘ widely studied in theology and political ethics courses ⓘ
influenced	20th-century political theology ⓘ Christian realism ⓘ ethics of international relations ⓘ
influencedBy	Christian theology ⓘ Marxist social analysis ⓘ social gospel movement ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Christian realism ⓘ ethics of groups ⓘ individual ethics ⓘ morality ⓘ politics ⓘ power ⓘ social justice ⓘ
notableFor	critique of purely idealistic ethics in politics ⓘ distinguishing individual morality from group morality ⓘ emphasis on power dynamics in social ethics ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Christian realism ⓘ
publicationDate	1932 ⓘ
publisher	Charles Scribner's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousPerspective	Christian ethics ⓘ Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
thesis	collective behavior is driven largely by power and self-interest ⓘ individuals are capable of moral behavior but groups tend to act immorally ⓘ realistic political constraints are necessary to check group egoism ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed	early 20th century ⓘ

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