Situating the self : gender, community and postmodernism in contemporary ethics
Focusing 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
eBook, English, 2013
Polity Press, [Place of publication not identified], 2013
1 online resource
9780745665665, 0745665667
903171797
""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Communicative Ethics and the Claims of Gender, Community and Postmodernism""; ""Part I Modernity, Morality and Ethical Life""; ""1 In the Shadow of Aristotle and Hegel""; ""Communicative Ethics and Current Controversies in Practical Philosophy""; ""2 Autonomy, Modernity and Community""; ""Communitarianism and Critical Social Theory in Dialogue""; ""3 Models of Public Space""; ""Hannah Arendt, the Liberal Tradition and Jürgen Habermas"" ""4 Judgment and the Moral Foundations of Politics in Hannah Arendt’s Thought""""Part II Autonomy, Feminism and Postmodernism""; ""5 The Generalized and the Concrete Other""; ""The Kohlberg?â€"Gilligan Controversy and Moral Theory""; ""6 The Debate over Women and Moral Theory Revisited""; ""7 Feminism and the Question of Postmodernism""; ""8 On Hegel, Women and Irony""; ""Index""
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