{"product_id":"undoing-the-moral-empire-lesley-chamberlain-9781350457737","title":"Undoing the Moral Empire: Moral Philosophy in Post-War Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter 1945, Britain wanted to be a new country.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authority of state and church were giving way, the Empire was dismantled, and it was no longer clear who was leading whom in matters of morals. Individuals were left to reinvent their ethical lives anew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe lives and works of the philosophers discussed in this book were caught up this sea-change. Bernard Williams, Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch, Richard Wollheim, Charles Taylor and Alasdair MacIntyre were all characters in search of a moral England, with a particular vision of the good society. From communitarianism to swinging Sixties' individualism, and radical theories of art - which understood questions of ambiguity, error and forgiveness more than the state ever could - this is the story of their sometimes convergent but often discrepant ideas on ethical life in the second half of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndoing the Moral Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of biography, social history and the history of ideas that masterfully reconstructs the shifting sentiments of the post-war era, reconfiguring enduringly relevant questions of freedom, virtue, and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lesley Chamberlain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350457736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350457737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Lesley Chamberlain","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623514321151,"sku":"9781350457737","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/undoing-the-moral-empire-lesley-chamberlain-9781350457737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}