Cover
Table of Contents
1 Why this topic?
2 Why the Netherlands?
3 Why now?
4 Personal motives
5 Word of thanks
Part 1
Gabriël van den Brink
1 The theory of moral sentiments
2 Morality and society
3 Will the real Adam Smith please stand up?
4 On modernity and modernisation
5 Three fault lines
6 Theories and trends
7 Degrees of modernity
8 The tension between morality and modernity
9 The moral effects of modernity
10 What this book is about
Gabriël van den Brink
1 Insights from biology
2 The transcendental order
3 The uniqueness of Christianity?
4 The beginning of the modern era
5 The secularisation of society
6 The moralisation of politics
7 Solidarity at the local level
8 Solidarity at the national level
9 Solidarity at the global level
10 Conclusions
Part 2
1 Economic modernisation
2 Political modernisation
3 Cultural modernisation
4 Higher expectations
5 The erosion of institutional frameworks
6 Rise in social mobility
7 Family life
8 Civic life
9 Professional life
10 Conclusions
Gabriël van den Brink
1 Secularisation
2 More sports
3 Intense experiences
4 More violence
5 Greater visibility
6 Moving in the wrong direction
7 Decline in tolerance
8 The immigrant problem
9 Moral uncertainty
10 Conclusions
Part 3
Paul Dekker, Erik van Ingen & Loek Halman
1 Many deflective reactions
2 Examples of views regarding ‘something higher’
3 Four types of ideals
4 The link to religion
5 Forms of spirituality
6 Social background
7 Social involvement
8 Motives for helping
9 Characteristics of the volunteers
10 Conclusions
Erik van Ingen, Loek Halman & Paul Dekker
1 Two dimensions of modernisation
2 The Netherlands and Europe
3 Changes in values at the individual level
4 Hierarchy of values
5 Values in private life
6 Values of citizenship
7 Decreasing tolerance
8 Public morals stricter
9 The significance of work
10 Conclusions
Part 4
Heleen van Luijn & Nicole Maalsté
1 Integrity and openness
2 Problems with the organisation
3 Social commitment
4 Companies in the private sector
5 Social values on three levels
6 Vitality and spirituality
7 Forms of moral deliberation
8 The mission statement
9 Professional codes of conduct
10 Conclusions
Karen Woets & Heidi de Mare
1 The status of fantasy novels
2 Two (or more) imaginary worlds
3 Personal relationships
4 Morality and personal development
5 The status of television series
6 Visual qualities of the hospital drama
7 Moments of empathy
8 Visual qualities of police series
9 The rule of law and self-sacrifice
10 Conclusions
Part 5
Wieger Bakker, Gabriël van den Brink & Erik van Ingen
1 Lasting religious interest
2 The scale and trend in volunteering
3 Mixed motives
4 Types of development aid
5 Changing images
6 Caring for nature and the environment
7 Social initiatives
8 Rediscovering public values
9 An old and modern phenomenon
10 Conclusions
Gabriël van den Brink
1 Spirituality
2 Belief in democracy
3 Human dignity
4 Social involvement
5 Professional life
6 Civic life
7 Intimacy
8 Nature and the environment
9 Cultural modernisation
10 Conclusions
Part 6
1 Back to the original question
2 Negative effects
3 Ambivalent or neutral effects
4 Moderately positive effects
5 Clearly positive effects
6 The modernisation of morality
7 The moralisation of modernity
8 A void in the public domain
9 The idealistic side of politics
10 Schism in the public sphere
Erik Borgman, Gabriël van den Brink & Paul Dekker†
1 The proliferation of moral ideals
2 The importance of the public imagination
3 The ‘issues’ that matter
4 The fiction of the Public Good
5 The development of ‘civic talk’
Bibliography
Index