Why Ethics?: Signs of Responsibilities

by Robert Gibbs

Book Overview

Robert Gibbs presents here an ambitious new theory of ethics. Drawing on a striking combination of intellectual traditions, including Jewish thought, continental philosophy, and American pragmatism, Gibbs argues that ethics is primarily concerned with responsibility and is not--as philosophers have often assumed--principally a matter of thinking about the right thing to do and acting in accordance with the abstract dictates of reason or will. More...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691009635
• ISBN13: 9780691009636
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"