On Moderation: Defending an Ancient Virtue in a Modern World

Name: On Moderation: Defending an Ancient Virtue in a Modern World
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ISBN: 9781602581555

By: Harry Clor

Baylor University Press / 2008 / Paperback

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Title: On Moderation: Defending an Ancient Virtue in a Modern World
By: Harry Clor
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
Vendor: Baylor University Press
Publication Date: 2008

Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches)
Weight: 2 pounds
ISBN: 160258155X
ISBN-13: 9781602581555
Stock No: WW581555

Publisher's Description

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Moderation suffers in today's culture of excesses. In resuscitating this discarded virtue, Harry Clor unveils the intrinsic power of moderation to influence and engage, from the public square to the deeply personal. A mature book from a senior scholar, On Moderation answers critics of this misunderstood value, demonstrating its continued relevance to human flourishing.

Author Bio

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Harry Clor (Ph.D. University of Chicago) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Kenyon College. He is the author of: Public Morality and Liberal Society: Essays on Decency, Law, and Pornography (1996), The Mass Media and Modern Democracy: Essays (1974), and Obscenity and Public Morality: Censorship in a Liberal Society (1971).

Editorial Reviews

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Clor's readable pages are an antidote to both moralistic absolutism and amoral relativism and are written in a style that is ruminative and well illustrated and does not talk down to the nonspecialist. This book is valuable because it doesn't simply celebrate moderation, but locates moderation among the other virtues.

Balanced, widely informed, gracefully written, and exhibiting a generous spirit... Recommended. General readers through research faculty.