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Author Böhme, Gernot, author

Title Ethics in context : the art of dealing with serious questions / Gernot Böhme ; translated by Edmund Jephcott
Published Cambridge : Polity, 2001
Cambridge, U.K. : Polity ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001
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Description 189 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The context of moral living and argumentation -- 3. The moral life -- 4. Moral argumentation -- 5. Summary
Summary "Gernot Bohme places philosophical ethics in the context of our individual and social lives. Arguing against the conception of ethics as a body of knowledge, Bohme defines morality as a matter of 'serious questions'. In the case of an individual, a serious question is one that determines that person's mode of living. In the case of society, a serious question is one that shapes our social norms." "In Ethics in Context, Bohme explores the key areas of moral living and moral discourse. He examines some of the urgent issues affecting society today, such as the moral implications of reproductive technology, man's mastery over nature the right of citizenship."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Applied ethics.
Author Jephcott, E. F. N., translator
LC no. 2001021634
ISBN 0745626386
0745626394 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
Other Titles Ethik im Kontext. English
The art of dealing with serious questions