Questioning Ethics: Contemporary Debates in Continental Philosophy / Edition 1

by Mark Dooley, Richard Kearney

Overview

This major discussion takes a look at some of the most important ethical issues confronting us today by some of the world’s leading thinkers. Including essays from leading thinkers, such as Jurgen Habermas, Alasdair MacIntyre, Julia Kristeva and Paul Ricoeur, the book’s highlight – an interview with Jacques Derrida - presents the most accessible insight into his thinking on ethics and politics for many years. Exploring topics ranging from history, memory, revisionism, and the self and responsibility to democracy, multiculturalism, feminism and the future of politics, the essays are grouped into five thematic sections:

* hermeneutics

* deconstruction

* critical theory

* psychoanalysis

* applied ethics.

Each section considers the challenges posed by ethics and how critical thinking has transformed philosophy today. Questioning Ethics affords an unsurpassed overview of the state of ethical thinking today by some of the world’s foremost philosophers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415180351
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/19/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Kearney, Mark Dooley

Table of Contents

List of contributors, Introduction, PART I Hermeneutics, PART II Deconstruction, PART III Critical theory, PART IV Psychoanalysis, PART V Applications, Index

Editorial Reviews

Original contributions by Habermas, MacIntyre, and other major philosophers are organized around five sections on hermeneutics, deconstruction, critical theory, psychoanalysis, and applications of ethics. Topics considered include the nature of politics, women's rights, repressed memory, and bioethics. Each section engages with the critical implications of these problems for philosophy. A key feature of this collection is an interview with Jacques Derrida, which makes available the most accessible insight into his thinking for many years. The editors are affiliated with University College Dublin, UK. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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