1995Contemporary Sociology A Journal of ReviewsRequires access

The Culture of Cynicism: American Morality in Decline.

Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Richard Stivers

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Preface. 1. The Absence of Morality, or Morality Assumes New Forms. 2. Success Morality: From Economic to Political Ideology. 3. A Morality of Happiness and Health: Advertising as Liturgy. 4. From the Moral to the Technical: the Necessary. 5. From the Moral to the Normal: the Ephemeral. 6. From the Moral to the Visual: the Compensatory. 7. A Morality of Power, A Morality Without Meaning. 8. Against the New Morality.

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Preface. 1. The Absence of Morality, or Morality Assumes New Forms. 2. Success Morality: From Economic to Political Ideology. 3. A Morality of Happiness and Health: Advertising as Liturgy. 4. From the Moral to the Technical: the Necessary. 5. From the Moral to the Normal: the Ephemeral. 6. From the Moral to the Visual: the Compensatory. 7. A Morality of Power, A Morality Without Meaning. 8. Against the New Morality.

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Preface. 1. The Absence of Morality, or Morality Assumes New Forms. 2. Success Morality: From Economic to Political Ideology. 3. A Morality of Happiness and Health: Advertising as Liturgy. 4. From the Moral to the Technical: the Necessary. 5. From the Moral to the Normal: the Ephemeral. 6. From the Moral to the Visual: the Compensatory. 7. A Morality of Power, A Morality Without Meaning. 8. Against the New Morality.

Key concepts: Cynicism, Morality, Sociology, Political science, Environmental ethics, Philosophy, Law, Politics

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