Integrity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780060928070)

Integrity - all of us are in favor of it, but nobody seems to know how to make sure that we get it. From presidential candidates to crusading journalists to the lords of collegiate sports, everybody promises to deliver integrity, yet all too often, the promises go unfulfilled.

Stephen Carter examines why the virtue of integrity holds such sway over the American political imagination. By weaving together insights from philosophy, theology, history and law, along with examples drawn from current events and a dose of personal experience, Carter offers a vision of integrity that has implications for everything from marriage and politics to professional football. He discusses the difficulties involved in trying to legislate integrity as well as the possibilities for teaching it.

As the Cleveland Plain Dealer said, "In a measured and sensible voice, Carter attempts to document some of the paradoxes and pathologies that result from pervasive ethical realism... If the modern drift into relativism has left us in a cultural and political morass, Carter suggests that the assumption of personal integrity is the way out."

Author: Stephen L. Carter
ISBN-10: 0060928077
ISBN-13: 9780060928070
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 12/19/1996
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.33w x 0.72d
Award: Christianity Today Book Award - Winner