Judge and Be Judged : Moral Reflection in an Age of Relativism and Fundamentalism
We live in a world screaming for sober and reflective moral judgment, but dangerously lacking what Bain-Selbo calls "the courage to engage in substantive moral conversation." Bain-Selbo's book explains why such judgments seem so presumptuous today, argues that appearance deceives, and shows how to make them in a sophisticated and mature fashion. This is a book I would recommend to all who teach morally charged issues, and for anyone concerned with their own capacities for viable moral judgments--in short, for all of us. Charitable yet courageous, humble but audacious, the exemplifies the virtues it aims to defend.