Ethics after Babel: The Languages of Morals and Their Discontents

Ethics after Babel: The Languages of Morals and Their Discontents by Stout, Jeffrey. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780691070810.

A fascinating study of moral languages and their discontents, Ethics after Babel explains the links that connect contemporary moral philosophy, religious ethics, and political thought in clear, cogent, even conversational prose. Princetons paperback edition of this award-winning book includes a new postscript by the author that responds to the books noted critics, Stanley Hauerwas and the late Alan Donagan. In answering his critics, Jeffrey Stout clarifies the books arguments and offers fresh reasons for resisting despair over the prospects of democratic discourse.