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Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Moral Reform Is, and Why It's Important
Part One: Moral Reform in the Past
Chapter One: Principles and Intentions: Why Moral Reform was Undertaken
Chapter Two: The Virtues Taught by the Moral Reformers
A. Diligence and its Difficulties
B. Sobriety and Success
C. Salvation through Saving?
D. Family Values: More than Just a Footnote
E. Knowledge as Virtue: Why Moral Reform Could be Implemented
Chapter Three: Why Moral Reform was Hard to Achieve
Part Two: The Critique and Rejection of Moral Reform
Chapter Four: The Decline of Laissez-Faire and the Critique of Moral Reform
A. Introduction
B. Jane Addams: The Compassionate Critique of the Industrial Virtues
C. Walter Rauschenbusch: The Christian Critique of Prudence
Chapter Five: The Rejection of Moral Reform
Chapter Six: African-Americans, Irish-Americans, and Moral Reform: Historical Considerations
Chapter Seven: The Contemporary Climate for Moral Reform
Chapter Eight: The Contemporary Practice of Moral Reform Urban Ministries, Public Policy, and the Promotion of Virtue
Biographical Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Chuck Ivy
reviewed Fighting Poverty with Virtue: Moral Reform and America's Urban Poor, 1825-2000 on April 25, 2011
Fighting Poverty with Virtue: Moral Reform and America's Urban Poor, 1825-2000
A fascinating book dealing with the idea of democracy and its history. The author reminds the reader that democracy was something negative to the founders of America. Over time, the meaning of democracy changed and with it, the outlook changed to something positive. As time has continued to pass though, the idea of what democracy means has fluctuated in some ways closer to its origins that were concerning to the creators of American government.
But what if we look back at democracy in Greece and weighed its credibility in history with an eye towards modern governance? Does it hold up as a positive thing for Americans to desire to evolve our society towards? I read this one a bit slower to think about the ideas in it and did a bit of highlighting passages that stood out.
"Having lost most of its historical content, the word democracy has come to stand for "good government" centered around personal rights and the practice of casting ballots. In short, like many successful religions, democracy has been put into a palatable and easily digestible form - a form that is only loosely related to its historical origins and that requires a certain degree of faith within its followers."
We are currently in an election cycle in the USA. The options the people have selected for the highest nation in the land are not terribly palatable to me. I take comfort in the limits in power each person elected/selected in our system of government has. Democracy at it's heart has no limits beyond the will of the people with the most votes.
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