Recovering Integrity

Rosenbaum makes a powerful case for a distinctively pragmatic moral perspective that provides a natural fit for the sort of pluralist, democratic, social world many of us associate with America at her best. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
Recovering Integrity represents a pronounced effort to move contemporary moral philosophy in the direction of a sensitive, context-specific, and pragmatic approach to resolving moral dilemmas. In this, it is a welcome and worthy undertaking. * Contemporary Pragmatism *
Rosenbaum has succeeded admirably in balancing a pragmatist conception of the fluidity and diversity of the constituents of selfhood, with his often brilliant insights on how integrity brings a level of cohesiveness to one's character and choices. This is a wide-ranging, learned, provocative and very original book, which will be of great interest to many. -- Guy Axtell, Radford University
This is one of those rare philosophy texts that is modest and accurate, and yet hard to put down. Its novel presentation of the moral meanings of pragmatism suggests new resolutions to the old perplexities; its unpredictable tactics against pragmatism's powerful detractors unfold like an adventure. -- William Dean, professor emeritus, Iliff School of Theology
In Stuart Rosenbaum's view, pragmatism resists the Platonist desire to 'get things right'; resists 'agendas of justification'; and resists dwelling on conceptual 'necessities' and 'niceties.' Deepening and extending aspects of his previous book, Pragmatism and the Reflective Life, Rosenbaum now uses his distinctive view of pragmatism to focus attention on what integrity, in Dewey's phrase, 'exists as.' The result is a work of philosophical and cultural significance, one energized by decidedly provocative reflections on integrity...and on the integrity of pragmatism itself. -- Victor Kestenbaum, Boston University
What does it take to have integrity? How does quality bind together individual, community, and the wider environment? Combining familiar and engaging examples with ideas from the pragmatist tradition, Rosenbaum's Recovering Integrity offers real answers and genuine wisdom. -- David Hildebrand, University of Colorado Denver