Paul Ricoeur''s Moral Anthropology - Singularity, Responsibility, and Justice

This book examines Paul Ricœur’s moral anthropology. It shows that his hermeneutical approach to responsibility and justice, focusing on the analysis of the singularity of lived existence, complements recent developments in moral philosophy that tend toward moral relativism and understand responsibility and justice in naturalistic terms.

List of contents

Preface
Part One: Ipseity
Chapter 1: Language and Understanding the Concept of Responsibility
Chapter 2: Feelings and the Causes of Moral Nature
Chapter 3: Lived Existence and the Motives of Moral Life
Part Two: Alterity
Chapter 4: Moral Communities and Others
Chapter 5: Sense and the Metaphysical Relation with the Other
Chapter 6: Desire and Responsibility for the Other
Part Three: Evil and Narrativity
Chapter 7: Violence and the Ambiguity of Justice
Chapter 8: The Narrative and the Possibility of Moral Critique
Epilogue

About the author

Geoffrey Dierckxsens obtained his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Antwerp

Summary

This book examines Paul Ricœur’s moral anthropology. It shows that his hermeneutical approach to responsibility and justice, focusing on the analysis of the singularity of lived existence, complements recent developments in moral philosophy that tend toward moral relativism and understand responsibility and justice in naturalistic terms.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Geoffrey Dierckxsens, Dr. Geoffrey Dierckxsens, Geoffrey Dierckxsens
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781498545204
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4520-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur; Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur; Studies in the Thought of Paul
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy