Heidegger on Ethics

In Letter on Humanism, Heidegger stresses the importance of ethics (thought anew as originary ethics) in the context of the dangers posed by the technological age. In this Element, the author will try to unpack what Heidegger might have meant by this.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The 'Way' In; 2. Technology and the Ethical; 3. Critics Corner; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Summary

In Letter on Humanism, Heidegger stresses the importance of ethics (thought anew as originary ethics) in the context of the dangers posed by the technological age. In this Element, the author will try to unpack what Heidegger might have meant by this.

Foreword

Heidegger on Ethics offers an original interpretation of Heidegger's remarkable attempt to pioneer a new approach to ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Mahon (University of Sussex) O''brien, O'Brien Mahon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009460040
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946004-0
• No. of pages: 76
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Sociology, Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Literary studies: general, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Social and ethical issues, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Humanist philosophy