Weisberg, Richard H.,  1944- <br/><br/>
In praise of intransigence :  the perils of flexibility / 
Richard H. Weisberg. 
 - 1 online resource (199 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Thinking about the way we think: how flexibility can be fatal -- The politics of compromise: "red-baiting" takes a new form -- The use and abuse of flexible distortion in the New Testament and early Christian thought -- Wartime France and the occupied British islands: two "flexiphobes" unyieldingly fight the genocidal trend and are joined by a sitting judge in Nazi Germany itself -- Secular story tellers present the limits of compromise: Shakespeare, Glaspell, and Faulkner -- Flexible distortions of American law and tradition, or how saints Paul and John influence fundamental social policy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199334995 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethics, Modern.<br/>Adaptability (Psychology)<br/>Rigidity (Psychology)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ301  / .W45 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>170