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Contesting the moral high ground : popular moralists in mid-twentieth-century Britain /

In mid-twentieth century Britain, four intellectuals - Julian Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Barbara Ward - held sway over popular conceptions of morality. While Huxley and Russell championed ideas informed by agnosticism and atheism, Muggeridge and Ward were adherents to Christia...

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Main Author: Phillips, Paul T., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. 62.
Subjects:
Huxley, Julian, > 1887-1975 > Ethics.
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970 > Ethics.
Muggeridge, Malcolm, > 1903-1990 > Ethics.
Ward, Barbara, > 1914-1981 > Ethics.
Huxley, Julian, > 1887-1975 > Morale.
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970 > Morale.
Muggeridge, Malcolm, > 1903-1990 > Morale.
Ward, Barbara, > 1914-1981 > Morale.
Huxley, Julian, > 1887-1975.
Muggeridge, Malcolm, > 1903-1990.
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970.
Ward, Barbara, > 1914-1981.
Ethics > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Ethicists > Great Britain > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Great Britain > Moral conditions > History > 20th century.
Morale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Moralistes > Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions morales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ethics.
Moral conditions.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
History.
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Summary:In mid-twentieth century Britain, four intellectuals - Julian Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Malcolm Muggeridge, and Barbara Ward - held sway over popular conceptions of morality. While Huxley and Russell championed ideas informed by agnosticism and atheism, Muggeridge and Ward were adherents to Christianity. In Contesting the Moral High Ground, Paul Phillips reveals how this fundamental dichotomy was representative of British society at the time, and how many of the ideologies promoted by these four moralists are still present today --
Physical Description:xvi, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:077354111X
9780773541115
0773541128
9780773541122
ISSN:1181-7445 ;