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The Ethics Of Drink And Other Social Questions

The Ethics Of Drink And Other Social Questions

James Runciman

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Double9 Books LLP
Año de edición:
2026
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Filosofía
ISBN:
9789378306204
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The ethics of drink and other social questions: or joints in our social armour incisive treatise confronts the moral and societal toll of alcohol in British life, blending personal testimony with urgent calls for empathy over dogma. It critiques hollow statistics and preachy lectures that fail to touch the human cost of addiction, favouring vivid anecdotes of shattered lives and lost potential instead. The opening skewers superficial fixes like laws alone, insisting true progress demands grasping individual struggles amid cultural indulgence. Through stark imagery of moral decay and idleness fuelled by drink, it exposes how vice erodes work ethic, family bonds, and self-respect across classes. Themes of compassionate intervention highlight the need for tailored understanding to heal widespread harm, portraying alcohol as a seductive trap that preys on worldly pains while urging readers toward ethical clarity and collective responsibility for social fractures.

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