Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Religion, Ethics, and The Human Sciences
6. 1. What is Religious Ethics? 17
7. 2. On Making a Cultural Turn in Religious Ethics 39
8. 3. Moral Authority and Moral Critique in an Age of Ethnocentric Anxiety 75
9. Part II. Selves and Others
10. 4. The Ethics of Empathy 109
11. 5. Indignation, Empathy, and Solidarity 135
12. 6. On Duties and Debts to Children 149
13. 7. Evil, Friendship, and Iconic Realism in Augustine’s Confessions 173
14. Part III. Communities and Institutions
15. 8. Just War, Civic Virtue, and Democratic Social Criticism 201
16. 9. The Moral and Political Burdens of Memory 228
17. 10. Religion, Public Reason, and The Morality of Democratic Authority 273
18. Epilogue. Signposts of The Past and for The Future 309
19. Notes 351
20. Index 391