A preface to morals

Walter Lippmann

Summary

In A Preface to Morals, Walter Lippmann examines the moral disarray of the modern world after the erosion of traditional religious and metaphysical certainties. Written in lucid, reflective prose that joins philosophical argument to cultural criticism, the book seeks an ethic adequate to a secular, psychologically complex age. Lippmann engages the legacy of liberal humanism, pragmatism, and postwar disillusionment, asking how moral life may be grounded when inherited absolutes no longer command assent. The work stands as a major document of interwar intellectual history and of the search for ethical orientation in modernity. Lippmann, one of the most influential American public intellectuals of the twentieth century, was known as a journalist, political commentator, and analyst of democratic society. His wide engagement with politics, public opinion, and the crises of modern civilization prepared him to confront the spiritual and ethical uncertainties that animate this book. Writing in an era marked by social upheaval and ideological conflict, he brought to moral philosophy the habits of a historically minded observer of modern life. This is a rewarding book for readers interested in ethics, political thought, and the intellectual history of the twentieth century. It will especially appeal to those seeking a serious, elegant meditation on how moral seriousness may survive in a disenchanted age.

Available since: 06/29/2026.

Print length: 248 pages.

Humanities & Social Sciences

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