Situating the Self: Gender, Community and Postmodernism in Contemporary EthicsFocusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, Situating the Self argues that a non-relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of out humanity, is still a philosophically viable project. This intersting new book should be read by all those concerned with the problems of critical theory, the analysis of modernity, and contemporary ethics, as well as students and professionals in philosophy, sociology and political science. |
Contents
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PART I Modernity Morality and Ethical Life | 21 |
1 In the Shadow of Aristotle and Hegel | 23 |
2 Autonomy Modernity and Community | 68 |
3 Models of Public Space | 89 |
4 Judgment and the Moral Foundations of Politics inHannah Arendts Thought | 121 |
PART II Autonomy Feminism and Postmodernism | 145 |
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