On the advantages and disadvantages of ethics and politics /

In his challenging new book, Charles E. Scott examines the paradox that our ethical and political ideals may perpetuate the very evils they intend to prevent. He takes as his point of departure the question of ethics: that values and their pursuit in the West often perpetuate their own worst enemies...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scott, Charles E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1996.
Series:Studies in Continental thought.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Ethics.
Political science > Philosophy.
Philosophy, Modern > 19th century.
Philosophy, Modern > 20th century.
Philosophy, Modern.
Ethics
Morale.
Idées politiques.
Philosophie > 19e siècle.
Philosophie > 20e siècle.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Philosophy, Modern
Political science > Philosophy
Ethik
Politische Ethik
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Crossing the Ethical by "the" Nonethical
  • 1. Nonbelonging/Authenticity
  • 2. Language in a Passing Sense of Transcendence
  • 3. Ethics in a Passing Sense of Transcendence
  • 4. A (Non- ) Passing Sense of Tragedy
  • 5. Thinking Noninterpretively
  • 6. The Ascetic Ideal: Nietzsche contra Heidegger
  • 7. Transition: "What Is Paris Doing to Us?"
  • 8. Self-Fragmentation: The Danger to Ethics
  • 9. "Not to Be Trapped by Abuse ... ": Genealogy and a Child's Pain
  • 10. Responsibility and Danger
  • 11. A People's Witness beyond Politics
  • 12. Democratic Space
  • 13. On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Politics for Life.

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