Elements of Ethics Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition
by Adriaan T. Peperzak
First line
We would not exist if others had not cared for us after we were conceived.
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This work renews the basic questions and principles of philosophical ethics and provides a thorough account of how being oneself presupposes freedom and responsibility. Elements of Ethics focuses on the descriptive and conceptual analysis of the experiences through which human lives become aware of themselves and shows how we are provoked to respond appropriately to the various dimensions and phenomena of the universe.
Operating on the provocative thesis that "if the ethical is real, it cannot be proved, because it is either nothing at all or an irreducible origin," this book pursues the question that defines ethics: "How should I live?" After setting out a preliminary definition of terms, Elements of Ethics gives insight into the relation of human individuals and the world by showing that the traditional separation between "is" and "ought" overlooks their profound coincidence, and by clarifying the determining, though often overlooked, role of affectivity and katharsis in all ethical experiences.
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This work renews the basic questions and principles of philosophical ethics and provides a thorough account of how being oneself presupposes freedom and responsibility. Elements of Ethics focuses on the descriptive and conceptual analysis of the experiences through which human lives become aware of themselves and shows how we are provoked to respond appropriately to the various dimensions and phenomena of the universe.
Operating on the provocative thesis that "if the ethical is real, it cannot be proved, because it is either nothing at all or an irreducible origin," this book pursues the question that defines ethics: "How should I live?" After setting out a preliminary definition of terms, Elements of Ethics gives insight into the relation of human individuals and the world by showing that the traditional separation between "is" and "ought" overlooks their profound coincidence, and by clarifying the determining, though often overlooked, role of affectivity and katharsis in all ethical experiences.
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- Title Elements of Ethics
- Author Adriaan T. Peperzak
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA
- Date 2003-09-26
- ISBN 9780804747707 / 0804747709
- Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.78 in (23.88 x 15.75 x 1.98 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Ethics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003007901
- Dewey Decimal Code 170
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 06/01/2004, Page 1895
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2004, Page 10
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