Research Catalog

Title

Post-ethical society : the Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the moral failure of the secular / Douglas V. Porpora, Alexander Nikolaev, Julia Hagemann May, Alexander Jenkins.

Publication

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Porpora, Douglas V.
• Nikolaev, Alexander G.
• May, Julia Hagemann.
• Jenkins, Alexander.

Description

viii, 254 pages; 24 cm

Subjects

• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Atrocities > Foreign public opinion, American
• Torture > Iraq > Foreign public opinion, American
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Moral and ethical aspects > Foreign public opinion, American
• Abu Ghraib Prison Foreign public opinion, American
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Prisoners and prisons > Foreign public opinion, American

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Do we need religion? -- Prudential and moral argumentation about the Iraq War -- Setting the context: president Bush's prewar rhetoric on Iraq -- The multiply muted opposition of the press -- Abu Ghraib and torture: whither Dostoyevsky? -- How television debated the attack on Iraq -- The online debate about Iraq and Abu Ghraib -- Congress: Gone fishing.

Call Number

JFE 13-8146

ISBN

• 9780226062495 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 022606249X (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780226062525 (e-book)
• 022606252X (e-book)

LCCN

2012051425

OCLC

823473431

Title

Post-ethical society : the Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the moral failure of the secular / Douglas V. Porpora, Alexander Nikolaev, Julia Hagemann May, Alexander Jenkins.

Imprint

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Porpora, Douglas V.

Nikolaev, Alexander G.

May, Julia Hagemann.

Jenkins, Alexander.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-8146