Ethics in context
Subtitle: the art of dealing with serious questions
By: Gernot Böhme ; translated by Edmund Jephcott.
Publisher: Polity in association with Blackwell Publishers; Polity; Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Applied ethics.
Work titles: Ethik im Kontext.
Description: "Gernot Bohme places philosophical ethics in the context of our individual and social lives. Arguing against the conception of ethics as a body of knowledge, Bohme defines morality as a matter of 'serious questions'. In the case of an individual, a serious question is one that determines that person's mode of living. In the case of society, a serious question is one that shapes our social norms." "In Ethics in Context, Bohme explores the key areas of moral living and moral discourse. He examines some of the urgent issues affecting society today, such as the moral implications of reproductive technology, man's mastery over nature the right of citizenship."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-175) and index.