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Yet in times of social conflict, morals can become rigid, making religious war, ethnic cleansing, and political purges possible. Morality, therefore, can be viewed as pathology—a rhetorical, psychological, and social tool that is used and abused as a weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn expert on Eastern philosophies and social systems theory, Hans-Georg Moeller questions the perceived goodness of morality and those who claim morality is inherently positive. Critiquing the ethical \"fanaticism\" of Western moralists, such as Immanuel Kant, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Rawls, and the utilitarians, Moeller points to the absurd fundamentalisms and impracticable prescriptions arising from definitions of good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstead, he advances a theory of \"moral foolishness,\" or moral asceticism, extracted from the \"amoral\" philosophers of East Asia and thinkers such as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Niklas Luhmann. The moral fool doesn't understand why ethics are necessarily good, and he isn't convinced that the moral perspective is always positive. 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Even as we increasingly recognise gender as an assigned category or social convention, we still see it as inherent to who we are, fundamental to our sense of self. But the quest to find one's true self is unfulfillable. How can we find alternatives to the focus on getting our identity \"right\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a cultural critique of gender narratives, spanning traditional conformity to gender roles, the modern quest for individual authenticity beyond gender, and the recent social media-fuelled concern with curating gendered profiles. 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