Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy

by Lawrence J. Hatab

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This book explores what anyone interested in ethics can draw from Heidegger's thinking. Heidegger argues for the radical finitude of being. But finitude is not only an ontological matter; it is also located in ethical life. Moral matters are responses to finite limit-conditions, and ethics itself is finite in its modes of disclosure, appropriation, and performance. With Heidegger's help, Lawrence Hatab argues that ethics should be understood as the contingent engagement of basic practical questions, such as how should human beings live?
  • ISBN10 0847696820
  • ISBN13 9780847696826
  • Publish Date 24 May 2000 (first published 1 January 2000)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 27 January 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English