Ethics and Finitude - Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy

This book explores what anyone interested in ethics can draw from Heidegger's thinking. Heidegger argues for the radical finitude of being. But finitude is not only an ontological matter; it is also located in ethical life. Moral matters are responses to finite limit-conditions, and ethics itself is finite in its modes of disclosure, appropriation, and performance. With Heidegger's help, Lawrence Hatab argues that ethics should be understood as the contingent engagement of basic practical questions, such as how should human beings live?

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By Lawrence J. Hatab

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This work explores what anyone interested in ethics can draw from Heidegger's thinking. With Heidegger's help, the author argues that ethics should be understood as the contingent engagement of basic practical questions, such as how should human beings live?

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• Authors: Lawrence J Hatab, Lawrence J. Hatab
• Assisted by: Lawrence J. Hatab (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.05.2000
• EAN: 9780847696833
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9683-3
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 225 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism