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How far should faith shape our moral choices? This work argues that religion influences everyday ethics far more than strict doctrines suggest.
In these pages, the author examines how people stay connected to religious communities even when their personal beliefs drift. He surveys how affection, habit, and social bonds complicate the question of who truly “belongs,” and what that means for truthfulness and responsibility. The discussion moves from church membership to a broader claim: the moral role of religion in society, and how loyalties interact with veracity, promises, and the search for the common good. What you’ll encounter:
- Arguments for allowing a flexible view of religious conformity, without abandoning honesty.
- Thoughtful questions about how truth, faith, and social duties intersect in everyday life.
- Concrete examples that weigh when deception might be justified, and when it cannot.
- A utilitarian lens on moral obligations, including how virtue supports happiness in a community.
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Sissela Bok is at Harvard University.
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"Sidgwick's Practical Ethics is a remarkable collection of engaging essays by a philosopher-economist who was deeply humane as well as fiercely rational. His ideas and critical scrutinies remain as relevant and useful today as they were when this book was first published a hundred years ago. An illuminating introduction by Sissela Bok--herself a leading contributor to practical ethics--adds to the attractions of this wonderful book."--Amartya Sen, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University
"It is good to see Henry Sidgwick's Practical Ethics available again. Here he writes not as moral theorist but as an engaged reformer, who understood how hard it is to improve institutions and to live well. Like Sidgwick we ask whether those in public office may lie and whether it is wrong to enjoy luxury when others are destitute; now we can enjoy his principled yet realistic discussions of these and other dilemmas."--Onora O'Neill, Principal, Newnham College, Cambridge
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