Download or read book Morality and Social Criticism written by R. Amesbury and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-05-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Richard Amesbury brings recent developments in Anglo-American philosophy into engagement with dominant currents in contemporary European social theory in order to articulate a pragmatic account of moral criticism. Presented in a lively and accessible style that avoids technical jargon, Morality and Social Criticism argues that the objectivity of moral discourse can be preserved without recourse to the overweening philosophical ambitions of the Enlightenment.