Shaping a Modern Ethics: The Humanist Legacy from Nietzsche to Feminism

by Benjamin Bennett

Book Overview

Is there any such thing as a single ethical system to which all human beings could conceivably subscribe?

The short answer is no; and most people, being tolerant, would probably agree with this answer. Yet most people, precisely in being tolerant, also subscribe to an idea of "human rights" which presupposes just such a universal ethics.

This basic question of ethics is similarly treacherous when approached on a higher technical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350262315
• ISBN13: 9781350262317
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"