{"product_id":"the-moral-fool-a-case-for-amorality","title":"The Moral Fool: A Case for Amorality","description":"\u003cp\u003eJustice  equality  and righteousnessthese are some of our greatest moral convictions. Yet in times of social conflict  morals can become rigid  making religious war  ethnic cleansing  and political purges possible. Morality  therefore  can be viewed as pathology-a rhetorical  psychological  and social tool that is used and abused as a weapon.  An expert on Eastern philosophies and social systems theory  Hans-Georg Moeller questions the perceived goodness of morality and those who claim morality is inherently positive. Critiquing the ethical \"fanaticism\" of Western moralists  such as Immanuel Kant  Lawrence Kohlberg  John Rawls  and the utilitarians  Moeller points to the absurd fundamentalisms and impracticable prescriptions arising from definitions of good. Instead he advances a theory of \"moral foolishness \" or moral asceticism  extracted from the \"amoral\" philosophers of East Asia and such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Niklas Luhmann. The moral fool doesnt understand why ethics are necessarily good  and he isnt convinced that the moral perspective is always positive. In this way he is like most people  and Moeller defends this foolishness against ethical pathologies that support the death penalty  just wars  and even Jerry Springers crude moral theater. Comparing and contrasting the religious philosophies of Christianity  Daoism  and Zen Buddhism  Moeller presents a persuasive argument in favor of amorality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966477594677,"sku":"ByrdShop_023114508X","price":69.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231145084.jpg?v=1770563839","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-moral-fool-a-case-for-amorality","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}