The ethics of tainted legacies : human flourishing after traumatic pasts

Author/Creator:: Guth, Karen V., author
Publication/Creation:: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022
Resource Type:: Book

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Full Title:: The ethics of tainted legacies : human flourishing after traumatic pasts / Karen V. Guth, College of the Holy Cross

Genre:: Electronic books
Subjects:: Reputation
Public opinion
Self-perception
Failure (Psychology)
Success

Summary:: What do we do when a beloved comedian known as "America's Dad" is convicted of sexual assault? Or when the man who wrote "all men are created equal" owned slaves? Or when priests are exposed as pedophiles? From the popular to the political to the profound, each day brings new revelations that respected people, traditions, and institutions are not what we thought they were. Despite the shock that these revelations produce, this state of affairs is anything but new. The problem of what to do when those we revere are shown to be compromised is a fundamental existential condition. In this book, Karen V. Guth identifies "tainted legacies" as a pressing contemporary moral problem and ethical challenge. Constructing a typology of responses to compromised thinkers, traditions, and institutions, she demonstrates the relevance of age-old debates in Christian theology for those who confront legacies tarnished by the traumas of slavery, racism, and sexual violence.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
General Note:: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jul 2022).
Local Note:: Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.