Review

"Navigating Right and Wrong is a gem of a book--beautifully written, concise, and engaging, a great way... to be introduced to faith-based ethics. I recommend it highly."

Description

"How should I live my life? Is there really anything that is inherently right or wrong? These may sound like simple questions, but finding answers to them is anything but simple-particularly in an age of ethical pluralism. In our multicultural, multiethnic world, is there any meaningful way to talk about moral obligations? Daniel Lee says yes. In Deciding What's Right and Wrong in an Age of Pluralism, this long-time ethicist and teacher helps us begin to reconcile our personal moral commitments with an openness to alternatives, with an eye to responsibly negotiating ethics and morality in our pluralistic age. Through concise, thoughtful prose and engaging anecdotes, Lee introduces readers to various philosophical and theological moral theories, ultimately arguing that we must embrace a faith-based ethics, or succumb to the alternative--ethical subjectivism. In the final analysis, Lee asserts, we can do no more than acknowledge that the value claims we make are part of the faith we affirm, be it one that is explicitly religious or entirely secular in nature. Assuming no prior philosophical knowledge, Deciding What's Right and Wrong in an Age of Pluralism will be of use to general readers, students, and anyone else who has ever earnestly asked the question, Is there really anything that is right or wrong?"

Daniel E. Lee is Professor of Religion (Ethics) at Augustana College. He is the author of four other books on ethics and justice.