{"product_id":"moral-sources-of-meaning-kamaruzzaman-bustamam-ahmad-9798242928329","title":"Moral Sources of Meaning: Charles Taylor and the Foundations of Ethical Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoral Sources of Meaning: Charles Taylor and the Foundations of Ethical Life is a profound philosophical inquiry into why modern moral thought feels increasingly thin, procedural, and disconnected from lived human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the moral philosophy of Charles Taylor, this book argues that ethics cannot begin with rules, duties, or obligations alone. Moral life, it insists, is grounded in meaning, orientation, and deep evaluative commitments that shape identity long before formal reasoning begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age dominated by procedural ethics, moral neutrality, and outcome-based reasoning, this book reclaims a richer moral landscape-one in which strong evaluation, horizons of significance, and moral sources give depth to human agency. Rather than treating morality as rule-compliance or preference calculation, the book shows how ethical life is lived as an ongoing orientation toward goods that define who we are and what makes a life meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work offers a sustained critique of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eprocedural ethics and moral minimalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eemotivism and preference-based moral theories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eutilitarian reductionism and moral naturalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, it develops a non-reductive moral ontology, explaining why moral meaning is real without reducing it to empirical facts or subjective preferences. Ethics, in this view, is not a technical system but a structure of moral intelligibility that shapes commitment, responsibility, aspiration, and integrity across an entire life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a clear yet rigorous style, \u003ci\u003eMoral Sources of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal for readers seeking depth without dogmatism. It speaks to scholars, graduate students, and serious readers interested in moral philosophy, ethical theory, philosophy of the self, and post-procedural ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not a manual for moral decision-making. It is a philosophical map-one that helps readers understand why moral life matters, why failure wounds, and why meaning cannot be engineered by rules alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242928329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.33d","brand":"Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443147419903,"sku":"9798242928329","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7619b23e-07e6-466e-86ed-128a89282f64.jpg?v=1777202154","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moral-sources-of-meaning-kamaruzzaman-bustamam-ahmad-9798242928329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}