Moral man and immoral society : a study in ethics and politics / Reinhold Niebuhr.

Reprint. Originally published by Charles Scribner"s Sons, 1932, copyright 1960 Reinhold Niebuhr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Langdon B. Gilkey -- I. Man and Society: The Art of Living Together -- II. The Rational Resources of the Individual for Social Living -- III. The Religious Resources of the Individual for Social Living -- IV. The Morality of Nations -- V. The Ethical Attitudes of Privileged Classes -- VI. The Ethical Attitudes of the Proletarian Class -- VII. Justice through Revolution -- VIII. Justice through Political Force -- IX. The Preservation of Moral Values in Politics -- X. The Conflict between Individual and Social Morality.

Moral Man and Immoral Society is Reinhold Niebuhr's important early study in ethics and politics. Forthright and realistic, it discusses the inevitability of social conflict, the brutal behavior of human collectives of every sort, the inability of rationalists and social scientists to even imagine the realities of collective power, and, ultimately, how individual morality can overcome social immorality.