This book presents a theory of the morality of human relations deeply drawn from widespread spiritual traditions, offering an account of the full range of sociality that comprises our moral life.
Bennett Gilbert is adjunct Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy at Portland State University, USA, where he teaches philosophy, history, and philosophy of history. He is the author of A Personalist Philosophy of History (Routledge, 2019) and co-editor of Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History: A Cross-Cultural Approach (Bloomsbury, 2023), as well as numerous papers. Besides moral philosophy and philosophy of history, his interests include a broad range of the history of ideas, notably around the beginnings of print in Europe and at the turn of the eighteenth century.
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction, I. Personhood and History, Chapter 1. Of Moral Change, Chapter 2. On Descriptive Ethics, Chapter 3. Humble Anthropocentrism, Chapter 4. Meaningfulness in History, Chapter 5. Personhood and Time, II. The Good Heart's Quest, Chapter 6. Power and Compassion, Chapter 7. Moral Labor in History, Chapter 8. Of Compassionating, Chapter 9. Moral Force Ethics, Chapter 10. As to God, Bibliography