Civic and Moral Virtues

From one point of view, this could be called an age of morality. Moral outrage is exhibited in congressional hearings, in the appointment of special prosecutors, and in the indictment of corporate and public officials. The resulting public spectacles and castigation of these offenses have, however, a certain hollow ring. Some detect beneath the sideshow moralizing, a deep disquietude and uncertainty about moral values that accompany the demise of a culture. The consensus that underlies the ...