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- Entering the Moral Middle Ground
- Cambridge Series on Possibility Studies
- Entering the Moral Middle Ground
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Dialogical Self Theory and the Process of Positioning
- Chapter 2 Embracing Bad as Good via Internalization
- Chapter 3 Rejecting Bad via Externalization
- Chapter 4 The Vitality of the Moral Middle Ground
- Chapter 5 Contradiction as Intrinsic to the Multiplicity of the Self
- Chapter 6 Multilevel Identity and the Moral Middle Ground
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - The Vitality of the Moral Middle Ground
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2024
- Entering the Moral Middle Ground
- Cambridge Series on Possibility Studies
- Entering the Moral Middle Ground
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Dialogical Self Theory and the Process of Positioning
- Chapter 2 Embracing Bad as Good via Internalization
- Chapter 3 Rejecting Bad via Externalization
- Chapter 4 The Vitality of the Moral Middle Ground
- Chapter 5 Contradiction as Intrinsic to the Multiplicity of the Self
- Chapter 6 Multilevel Identity and the Moral Middle Ground
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
Some phenomena demonstrating that moral good and bad can form productive coalitions on a moral middle ground are presented in this chapter: healthy selfishness, Machiavellianism, the case of Oskar Schindler, black humor, grey hat hackers, transgressive art, the combination of the pure and impure in the tradition of Émile Durkheim, and the repositioning of the “wrong” other-in-the-self. Three practical implications are outlined: a guideline to evaluating transgressive art beyond one’s first emotional response and the existence of grey areas in the abortion discussion and in the #MeToo debate.
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- Entering the Moral Middle GroundWho Is Afraid of the Grey Wolf?, pp. 144 - 184Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024