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Ethics After Babel: The Language of Morals and Their Discomforts. By Jeffery Stout.

Ethics After Babel: The Language of Morals and Their Discomforts. By Jeffery Stout. AI -BOOK REVIEWS ETHICS AND ARGUMENT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE Ethics After Babel: The Language of two, "Reason and Tradition," these are Morals and Their Discomforts. By Jef­ the chapters of primary interest for argu­ fery Stout. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988; mentation scholars. Part one is concerned pp. xiv + 388. with "The Spectres of Moral Diversity" and part two is titled "The Eclipse of Jeffery Stout is Andrew Mellon Profes­ Religious Ethics." sor of Humanities and Professor of Reli­ Three points emerge from parts one and gion at Princeton University. His Ethics two that are essential for appreciation of After Babel follows an earlier book, The ideas appearing in part three. First, Stout Flight from Authority: Religion, Morality, calls himself a "modest" pragmatist seek­ and the Quest for Autonomy. Despite an ing "moral hope." He does not believe that entire section (pt. 3) devoted to "Moral "our problems ... result from the confu­ Discourse in Pluralistic Society," the sion of tongues in society that has fallen present book is, unlike the former, primar­ from coherence and community of an ily of interest to ethicists, whether in earlier age" (7), a belief that separates him religion or philosophy. To help http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Argumentation and Advocacy Taylor & Francis

Ethics After Babel: The Language of Morals and Their Discomforts. By Jeffery Stout.

Fisher, Walter R.
Argumentation and Advocacy , Volume 26 (3): 3 – Jan 1, 1990
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Ethics After Babel: The Language of Morals and Their Discomforts. By Jeffery Stout.

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AI -BOOK REVIEWS ETHICS AND ARGUMENT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE Ethics After Babel: The Language of two, "Reason and Tradition," these are Morals and Their Discomforts. By Jef­ the chapters of primary interest for argu­ fery Stout. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988; mentation scholars. Part one is concerned pp. xiv + 388. with "The Spectres of Moral Diversity" and part two is titled "The Eclipse of Jeffery Stout is Andrew Mellon Profes­ Religious Ethics." sor of...
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AI -BOOK REVIEWS ETHICS AND ARGUMENT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE Ethics After Babel: The Language of two, "Reason and Tradition," these are Morals and Their Discomforts. By Jef­ the chapters of primary interest for argu­ fery Stout. Boston: Beacon Press, 1988; mentation scholars. Part one is concerned pp. xiv + 388. with "The Spectres of Moral Diversity" and part two is titled "The Eclipse of Jeffery Stout is Andrew Mellon Profes­ Religious Ethics." sor of Humanities and Professor of Reli­ Three points emerge from parts one and gion at Princeton University. His Ethics two that are essential for appreciation of After Babel follows an earlier book, The ideas appearing in part three. First, Stout Flight from Authority: Religion, Morality, calls himself a "modest" pragmatist seek­ and the Quest for Autonomy. Despite an ing "moral hope." He does not believe that entire section (pt. 3) devoted to "Moral "our problems ... result from the confu­ Discourse in Pluralistic Society," the sion of tongues in society that has fallen present book is, unlike the former, primar­ from coherence and community of an ily of interest to ethicists, whether in earlier age" (7), a belief that separates him religion or philosophy. To help

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Published: Jan 1, 1990

References

  • “A Review Essay: Flight from Foundationalism, or, Things Aren't as Bad as They Seem.” Rev. of Stout
  • “Review Symposium.” Rev. of Stout with response by Stout