State, Soul, and Society
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Table of Contents

Introduction

The Thesis
An Illustration: The 2012 Election
Plan of the Book
The Boundaries and Limits of the Thesis


Part I: Origins of the New Morality


Chapter 1: The Morality of Honor

The Privatization of Government in the Roman Empire The Privatization of Governance in Early Medieval Europe The Morality of Honor and the Man of Honor
The Man of Honor in Action The Morality of Honor and Other Members of Society
The Co-Causal Connection


Chapter 2: The Morality of Higher Purposes

The Publification of Governance
The Monarchy as a Higher Purpose of Its People and Government
The Spiritualization of Christianity
The Morality of Higher Purposes
Sexual Love as a Higher Purpose
The Co-Causal Connection


Chapter 3: The Morality of Self-Fulfillment

The Idea of the Administrative State
The Advent of the Administrative State
Self-Fulfillment Morality: The Process of Secularization
Self-Fulfillment Morality: The Concept of Mental Health
The Co-Causal Connection
Resistance to the New Morality

Part II: The Nature of the New Morality


Chapter 4: The Morality of the Self

The Basic Principle: The Self as a Life-Path
The Basic Principle: Fulfillment as Pleasure, Planning and Reflection
Secondary Principles: Non-Interference, Incommensurability and Equality
Components of the Life Path: Careers
Components of the Life-Path: Family, Religion and Leisure
The End of the Life-Path


Chapter 5: The Morality of Intimate and Personal Relations

The Validation of Sex
The Reformulation of Childhood Sex
The Deregulation of Sex
The Domestication of Love
The Personalization of Parenthood
The Personalization of Friendship and the Officialization of Work


Chapter 6: The Morality of Relations with Society

The Self's Relation to the Nation-State
The Morality of Self-National Relations
The Non-Interference Principle and Negative Rights
The Equality Principle and Positive Rights
Moral Action Beyond Voting: Reiteration and Emergent Consequences
The New Morality and Environmentalism


Conclusion: The Future of Christianity

Christianity and Western History (Chapters 1, 2 and 3)
Christianity and the New Morality of the Self (Chapter 4)
Christianity and the New Morality of Personal Relations (Chapter 5)
Christianity and the New Morality of Relations with Society (Chapter 6)
A Final Word

About the Author

Edward L. Rubin is Professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University. He is the former Dean of the Vanderbilt Law School and the author of many books including Beyond Camelot (Princeton University Press)

Reviews

"A brilliant book that is stunning in its originality. Rubin powerfully describes a shift in this country from a moral system of 'higher purposes' to an emerging one of 'self-fulfillment.' He links this to a major change in how government operates in the United States and to almost every major social issue. This is a tremendously important work about the nature of American government and American society." -- Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of
California-Irvine School of Law
"Edward Rubin is a jewel in the legal academy. In Soul, Self, and Society, he uses his formidable intellect, immense scholarly knowledge, and deep imagination to explore profound interrelationships between morality and political structure." -- Robert C. Post, Dean, Yale Law School
"A new morality is steadily taking possession of the world of what Edward L. Rubin calls High Modernity. It is a refined from of utilitarianism, whose ultimate goal is the self-fulfillment of the greater number. Slowly, but assuredly, it is replacing an ancient and embattled rival based upon enforced and often unexamined norms. Soul, Self, and Society is the story, ranging from the sixth to the twenty-first centuries, of how this way of being came into
existence as a consequence of the increasing privatization of modern systems of governance, and why we should embrace it. It is powerful, utterly persuasive, and ultimately uplifting."-Anthony Pagden,
author of The Enlightenment - and Why It Still Matters
"In this bold companion to his 2005 book, Beyond Camelot, Rubin offers the reader an equally provocative and insightful account of how the evolution of the modern administrative state has also transformed our system of morality. Highly recommended!" -- Martha Albertson Fineman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Emory University School of Law

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