Responsibility

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

In this book philosophers, scholars of religion, and activists address the theme of responsibility. Barbara Darling-Smith brings together an enlightening collection of essays that analyze the ethics of responsibility, its relational nature, and its global struggle. With references to Homer's the Iliad and Buddhist teachings, these essays demonstrate that while selfhood is an illusion, there is still a conventional self that must be held responsible. This book finds the underlying distinctions between ultimate and conventional understandings of selfhood, which lead to variations on the role of responsibility in the community and government. With essays from CEOs to historical theologians, Responsibility offers a variety of perspectives that will captivate the interest of philosophers and scholars of ethnics and religion.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-04-18
Mått:153 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:331 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739120286

Utforska kategorier

Etiska frågor och debatter inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Barbara Darling-Smith is assistant professor of religion at Wheaton College.

Recensioner i media

This book is an eloquent collection of essays by some of our leading philosophers and ethicists. They enable us to reenvision responsibility and responsiveness amidst our modern challenges of injustice and environmental degradation. There is a fresh perspective here that situates humans in interdependent relation to other humans and to the Earth community at large.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Responsibility and SelfhoodChapter 2 Responsible FictionsChapter 3 Responsibility Without a SelfChapter 4 The Way is Made in the Walking: Responsibility as Relational VirtuosityChapter 5 Where Art Thou? Biblical Perspectives on ResponsibilityPart 6 Responsible Roles Toward Other Human BeingsChapter 7 Moral Responsibility in a Democratic SocietyChapter 8 Am I My Brother's Keeper? An Aristotelian Take on Responsibility for OthersChapter 9 Tasteless Historical Stories: An Historical Theologian's REsponsibility to Past and PresentChapter 10 Balancing Medicine's Moral Ledger: Realigning Trust and ResponsibilityChapter 11 Responsibilities of Corporations: Managing Morally and ProfitablyPart 12 Responsibility Toward Nonhuman Beings and the EarthChapter 13 Towards an Art of DwellingChapter 14 Ecological and Social Responsibility: The Making of the Earth Charter