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Morally-Demanding Infinite Responsibility

Author : Julio Andrade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030616311
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Morally-Demanding Infinite Responsibility written by Julio Andrade and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a conceptual mapping of supererogation in the analytic moral philosophical tradition. It first asks whether supererogation can be conceptualised in the absence of obligation or duty and then makes the case that it can be. It does so by enlisting the resources of the continental tradition, specifically using the work of Emmanuel Levinas and his notion of infinite responsibility. In so doing the book contributes to the ongoing efforts to create a common ethical terminology between the analytic and continental traditions within moral philosophy. Supererogatory actions are praiseworthy actions that go 'beyond duty', and yet are not blameworthy when not performed. In responding to this paradox, moral philosophy either brackets or attempts a reductionism of supererogation. Supererogation is epitomised in the paradigmatic figures of the saint and hero. Yet, most would agree that emulating these figures is too morally demanding. We rightly ask: where does moral obligation end? Is it even possible, or desirable to demarcate such a boundary? Besides the important theoretical issues these questions raise, they also speak to practical ethical dilemmas in the contemporary milieu, as they concern the global wealthy's responsibility to the poor and the challenges of development aid work.

Morally-Demanding Infinite Responsibility

Author : Julio Andrade
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030616304
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Morally-Demanding Infinite Responsibility written by Julio Andrade and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a conceptual mapping of supererogation in the analytic moral philosophical tradition. It first asks whether supererogation can be conceptualised in the absence of obligation or duty and then makes the case that it can be. It does so by enlisting the resources of the continental tradition, specifically using the work of Emmanuel Levinas and his notion of infinite responsibility. In so doing the book contributes to the ongoing efforts to create a common ethical terminology between the analytic and continental traditions within moral philosophy. Supererogatory actions are praiseworthy actions that go ‘beyond duty’, and yet are not blameworthy when not performed. In responding to this paradox, moral philosophy either brackets or attempts a reductionism of supererogation. Supererogation is epitomised in the paradigmatic figures of the saint and hero. Yet, most would agree that emulating these figures is too morally demanding. We rightly ask: where does moral obligation end? Is it even possible, or desirable to demarcate such a boundary? Besides the important theoretical issues these questions raise, they also speak to practical ethical dilemmas in the contemporary milieu, as they concern the global wealthy’s responsibility to the poor and the challenges of development aid work.

Infinitely Demanding

Author : Simon Critchley
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781680299
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Infinitely Demanding written by Simon Critchley and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clearest, boldest and most systematic statement of Simon Critchley’s influential views on philosophy, ethics, and politics, Infinitely Demanding identifies a massive political disappointment at the heart of liberal democracy. Arguing that what is called for is an ethics of commitment that can inform a radical politics, Critchley considers the possibility of political subjectivity and action after Marx and Marxism, taking in the work of Kant, Levinas, Badiou and Lacan. Infinitely Demanding culminates in an argument for anarchism as an ethical practice and a remotivating means of political organization.

Moral Theory and Climate Change

Author : Dale E. Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135179289X
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Moral Theory and Climate Change written by Dale E. Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change has become the most pressing moral and political problem of our time. Ethical theories help us think clearly and more fully about important moral and political issues. And yet, to date, there have been no books that have brought together a broad range of ethical theories to apply them systematically to the problems of climate change. This volume fills that deep need. Two preliminary chapters—an up-to-date synopsis of climate science and an overview of the ethical issues raised by climate change—set the stage. After this, ten leading ethicists in ten separate chapters each present a major ethical theory (or, more broadly, perspective) and discuss the implications of that view for how we decide to respond to a rapidly warming planet. Each chapter first provides a brief exposition of the view before working out what that theory “has to say” about climate change and our response to the problems it poses. Key features: • Up-to-date synopsis of climate science • Clear overviews of a wide range of ethical theories and perspectives by leading experts • Insightful discussions of the implications of these theories and perspectives for our response to climate change • A unique opportunity to assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of various ethical viewpoints.

Where is the Good in the World?

Author : David Henig
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800735529
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Where is the Good in the World? written by David Henig and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together contributions from anthropology, sociology, religious studies, and philosophy, along with ethnographic case studies from diverse settings, this volume explores how different disciplinary perspectives on the good might engage with and enrich each other. The chapters examine how people realize the good in social life, exploring how ethics and values relate to forms of suffering, power and inequality, and, in doing so, demonstrate how focusing on the good enhances social theory. This is the first interdisciplinary engagement with what it means to study the good as a fundamental aspect of social life.

Cosmopolitan Responsibility

Author : Jan-Christoph Heilinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110611287
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Cosmopolitan Responsibility written by Jan-Christoph Heilinger and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world we live in is unjust. Preventable deprivation and suffering shape the lives of many people, while others enjoy advantages and privileges aplenty. Cosmopolitan responsibility addresses the moral responsibilities of privileged individuals to take action in the face of global structural injustice. Individuals are called upon to complement institutional efforts to respond to global challenges, such as climate change, unfair global trade, or world poverty. Committed to an ideal of relational equality among all human beings, the book discusses the impact of individual action, the challenge of special obligations, and the possibility of moral overdemandingness in order to lay the ground for an action-guiding ethos of cosmopolitan responsibility. This thought-provoking book will be of interest to any reflective reader concerned about justice and responsibilities in a globalised world. Jan-Christoph Heilinger is a moral and political philosopher. He teaches at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, and at Ecole normale supérieure, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Ethics of Deconstruction

Author : Simon Critchley
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748689346
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Ethics of Deconstruction written by Simon Critchley and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to argue for the ethical turn in Derrida's work, this new edition contains three new appendixes and a new preface where Critchley reflects upon the origins, motivation and reception of 'The Ethics of Deconstruction'.

Mourning Happiness

Author : Vivasvan Soni
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801448171
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Mourning Happiness written by Vivasvan Soni and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A work of rare scope and power that grapples with the big questions: Is happiness the proper end of life, as the Greeks conceived it to be, or is life, as it appears since the early English novel, an endless trial?"--Adam Potkay

Levinas in Jerusalem: Phenomenology, Ethics, Politics, Aesthetics

Author : Joelle Hansel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402062486
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Levinas in Jerusalem: Phenomenology, Ethics, Politics, Aesthetics by : Joelle Hansel

Download or read book Levinas in Jerusalem: Phenomenology, Ethics, Politics, Aesthetics written by Joelle Hansel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of papers given at the International Conference "Levinas in Jerusalem" held at the Hebrew University in May 2002. It gives an overview of the most fecund areas of research in Levinas scholarship. The authors, world renowned scholars and young promising ones, investigate Levinas’s relationship to Bergson, Husserl and Heidegger; his conception of Justice and the State; and his view of Aesthetics, Eros and the Feminine.

The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income

Author : Malcolm Torry
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030236145
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income written by Malcolm Torry and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This Handbook offers a timely ‘snapshot’ of the fast-moving global debates on Basic Income. Embracing a range of ideological, ethical, historical and cross-national perspectives, it looks at the case for Basic Income through both a focused and a wide-angled lens. Rather than asserting hard and fast conclusions, it ends with the valuable message that context is all.” —Ruth Lister, Loughborough University, UK “A must-read Handbook that provides solid foundations for the growing number of researchers, policymakers and campaigners involved in the ongoing debate on Basic Income." —Rubén M. Lo Vuolo, the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Public Policy, Argentina “A comprehensive, competent, accessible, up-to-date picture of the current state of knowledge and debate on basic income in several disciplines and in many countries.” —Philippe Van Parijs, the University of Louvain, Belgium A Basic Income is an unconditional regular payment for every individual. But is it desirable? And is it feasible? This Handbook brings together scholars from various disciplines and from around the world to examine the history, characteristics, effects, viability and implementation of Basic Income. A variety of pilot projects and ideological perspectives are considered in depth.

The Cambridge Companion to Levinas

Author : Simon Critchley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521665650
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Levinas written by Simon Critchley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A convenient and accessible guide to Levinas, first published in 2002, which emphasises the interdisciplinary significance of his work.

What Is Ethically Demanded?

Author : Hans Fink
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268101884
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book What Is Ethically Demanded? written by Hans Fink and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by leading international philosophers considers central themes in the ethics of Danish philosopher Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981). Løgstrup was a Lutheran theologian much influenced by phenomenology and by strong currents in Danish culture, to which he himself made important contributions. The essays in What Is Ethically Demanded? K. E. Løgstrup's Philosophy of Moral Life are divided into four sections. The first section deals predominantly with Løgstrup's relation to Kant and, through Kant, the system of morality in general. The second section focuses on how Løgstrup stands in connection with Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Levinas. The third section considers issues in the development of Løgstrup's ethics and how it relates to other aspects of his thought. The final section covers certain central themes in Løgstrup's position, particularly his claims about trust and the unfulfillability of the ethical demand. The volume includes a previously untranslated early essay by Løgstrup, "The Anthropology of Kant’s Ethics," which defines some of his basic ethical ideas in opposition to Kant’s. The book will appeal to philosophers and theologians with an interest in ethics and the history of philosophy. Contributors: K. E. Løgstrup, Svend Andersen, David Bugge, Svein Aage Christoffersen, Stephen Darwall, Peter Dews, Paul Faulkner, Hans Fink, Arne Grøn, Alasdair MacIntyre, Wayne Martin, Kees van Kooten Niekerk, George Pattison, Robert Stern, and Patrick Stokes.

Transcendental Arguments in Moral Theory

Author : Jens Peter Brune
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110470217
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Transcendental Arguments in Moral Theory written by Jens Peter Brune and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Barry Stroud's classic paper in 1968, the general discussion on transcendental arguments tends to focus on examples from theoretical philosophy. It also tends to be pessimistic, or at least extremely reluctant, about the potential of this kind of arguments. Nevertheless, transcendental reasoning continues to play a prominent role in some recent approaches to moral philosophy. Moreover, some authors argue that transcendental arguments may be more promising in moral philosophy than they are in theoretical contexts. Against this background, the current volume focuses on transcendental arguments in practical philosophy. Experts from different countries and branches of philosophy share their views about whether there are actually differences between “theoretical” and “practical” uses of transcendental arguments. They examine and compare different versions of transcendental arguments in moral philosophy, explain their structure, and assess their respective problems and promises. This book offers all those interested in ethics, meta-ethics, or epistemology a more comprehensive understanding of transcendental arguments. It also provides them with new insights into uses of transcendental reasoning in moral philosophy.

Righting Relations after the Holocaust and Vatican II

Author : Procario-Foley, Elena G.
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 1587687011
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Righting Relations after the Holocaust and Vatican II written by Procario-Foley, Elena G. and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is inspired by the pioneering work of John T. M. Pawlikowski in social ethics, Jewish-Christian relations, and Holocaust studies and intends to explore the cutting-edge of these areas in his honor.

A Companion to Free Will

Author : Joseph Keim Campbell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111921016X
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Free Will written by Joseph Keim Campbell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge, and accessible accompaniment to various narratives about free will A Companion to Free Will is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of free will, offering an authoritative survey of perennial issues and contemporary debates within the field. Bringing together the work of a diverse team of established and younger scholars, this well-balanced volume offers innovative perspectives and fresh approaches to the classical compatibility problem, moral and legal responsibility, consciousness in free action, action theory, determinism, logical fatalism, impossibilism, and much more. The Companion’s 30 chapters provide general coverage of the discipline as well as an in-depth exploration of both CAP (Classical Analytic Paradigm) and non-CAP perspectives on the problem of free will and the problem of determinism—raising new questions about what the free will debate is, or should be, about. Throughout the book, coverage of modern exchanges between the world’s leading philosophers is complemented by incisive commentary, novel insights, and selections that examine compatibilist, libertarian, and denialist viewpoints. Offers a balanced presentation of conflicting theories and ongoing debates about the nature, existence, and implications of free will Explores the role of scientific advances and empirical methods in contributing to discourses on free will and action theory Reviews new developments in longstanding arguments between compatibilist and incompatibilist approaches to free will including those that question this way of framing the debate and critique the standard terminology Discusses descriptive, revisionary, and pragmatic approaches for defining key concepts and addressing compatibility problems surrounding free will Considers various issues of moral responsibility and philosophical approaches to the problem of free will in new ways Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Free Will is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students of philosophy, professional philosophers and theorists, and interested novices alike.

The Non-Sovereign Self, Responsibility, and Otherness

Author : Rosine Kelz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137508973
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Non-Sovereign Self, Responsibility, and Otherness written by Rosine Kelz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler and Stanley Cavell, this book addresses contemporary theoretical and political debates in a broader comparative perspective and rearticulates the relationship between ethics and politics by highlighting those who are currently excluded from our notions of political community.

The Gift of the Other

Author : Andrew Shepherd
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630873411
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Gift of the Other written by Andrew Shepherd and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to our safety, a client to assist, or a competitor to be overcome in the struggle for scarce resources. And yet, the Christian Scriptures explicitly summon us to welcome strangers, to care for the widow and the orphan, and to build relationships with those distant from us. But how, in this world of hostility and commodification, do we practice hospitality? In The Gift of the Other, Andrew Shepherd engages deeply with the influential thought of French thinkers Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, and argues that a true vision of hospitality is ultimately found not in postmodern philosophies but in the Christian narrative. The book offers a compelling Trinitarian account of the God of hospitality--a God of communion who "makes room" for otherness, who overcomes the hostility of the world though Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, and who through the work of the Spirit is forming a new community: the Church--a people of welcome.