| Description |
ix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Responsibility and selfhood. Responsible fictions / David Roochnik -- Responsibility without a self / Malcolm David Eckel -- "The way is made in the walking": responsibility as relational virtuosity / Roger T. Ames -- "Where art thou?": biblical perspectives on responsibility / Michael Zank. Pt. II. Responsible roles toward other human beings. Moral responsibility in a democratic society / Bhikhu Parekh -- Am I my brother's keeper? An Aristotelian take on responsibility for others / Anna Lännström -- Tasteless historical stories: a historical theologian's responsibility to past and present / Margaret R. Miles -- Balancing medicine's moral ledger: realigning trust and responsibility / Alfred I. Tauber -- Responsibilities of corporations: managing profitably and morally / Tom Chappell. Pt. III. Responsibility toward nonhuman beings and the Earth. Toward an art of dwelling / Andrea Nightingale -- Ecological and social responsibility: the making of the Earth Charter / Steven C. Rockefeller. Appendix: The Earth Charter |
| Summary |
"In this book, philosophers, scholars of religion, and activists address the theme of responsibility. Dr. Barbara Darling-Smith brings together a collection of essays that analyze the ethics of responsibility, its relational nature, and its global struggle. With references to Homer's Iliad and Buddhist teachings, these essays demonstrate that while selfhood is an illusion, there is still a conventional self that must be held responsible. This book finds the underlying distinctions between ultimate and conventional understandings of selfhood, which lead to variations on the role of responsibility in the community and government. With essays from CEOs to historical theologians, Responsibility offers a variety of perspectives that will captivate the interest of philosophers and scholars of ethics and religion."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Responsibility.
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| Author |
Darling-Smith, Barbara, 1954-
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| LC no. |
2006100857 |
| ISBN |
9780739120279 cloth alkaline paper |
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0739120271 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780739120286 paperback alkaline paper |
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073912028X paperback alkaline paper |
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