The Moral Compass: On Ethics, Justice, and the Good Society

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The Moral Compass: On Ethics, Justice, and the Good SocietyHow can we truly know what is right? What do we owe to future generations, both ethically and practically? Can an action be wrong if no other was possible, or does context absolve responsibility? The essays confront these core questions of human conduct, moral reasoning, and social organization. Beginning with the foundations of moral knowledge and ethical inquiry, they move from the political philosophy of Platos Republic to modern thought

Spanning contexts from the flapper movement and early twentieth-century cultural shifts to labor and civil rights organizing

demonstrating that art is never a passive object but a vital arena where the human narrative is continuously debated and redefined

The essays in this anthology reveal the ongoing and complex negotiation between continuity and change that defines these vibrant cultures

both ethically and practically

and feminist poetry

How do we construct meaning from a world of signs

and challenge entrenched systems of power

and the internal conflicts that arise when different groups vie for belonging and power in a shared space

From the constitutional battles over the New Deal to the trust-busting era of the early 20th century

the “Third Way” policies of the 1990s tech boom

The June issue of The Schola brings together essays examining how knowledge

and social hierarchies have been challenged