{"product_id":"post-ethical-society-douglas-v-porpora-9780226062495","title":"Post-Ethical Society: The Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the Moral Failure of the Secular","description":"We've all seen the images from Abu Ghraib: stress positions, US soldiers kneeling on the heads of prisoners, and dehumanizing pyramids formed from black-hooded bodies. We have watched officials elected to our highest offices defend enhanced interrogation in terms of efficacy and justify drone strikes in terms of retribution and deterrence. But the mainstream secular media rarely addresses the morality of these choices, leaving us to ask individually: Is this right? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this singular examination of the American discourse over war and torture, Douglas V. Porpora, Alexander Nikolaev, Julia Hagemann May, and Alexander Jenkins investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers, television commentary, and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later. \u003ci\u003ePost-Ethical Society\u003c\/i\u003e is not just another shot fired in the ongoing culture war between conservatives and liberals, but a pensive and ethically engaged reflection of America's feelings about itself and our actions as a nation. And while many writers and commentators have opined about our moral place in the world, the vast amount of empirical data amassed in \u003ci\u003ePost-Ethical Society \u003c\/i\u003esets it apart--and makes its findings that much more damning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas V. Porpora,Alexander G. Nikolaev,Julia Hagemann May\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022606249X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226062495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.31w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014","brand":"Douglas V. Porpora","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086390407423,"sku":"9780226062495","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0899a184-86c8-40b1-8266-98893934e509.jpg?v=1769094404","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/post-ethical-society-douglas-v-porpora-9780226062495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}