Nicholas H. Smith

Strong Hermeneutics (eBook, ePUB)

Contingency and Moral Identity

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Strong Hermeneutics" presents a compelling case for the importance of hermeneutics in understanding ethics today. It provides a critical comparison of the enlightenment view of ethics with the postmodern or "weak" view of ethics. The weak view, which Nicholas H. Smith traces back to Nietzsche and identifies in the recent work of Rorty and Lyotard, is skeptical of any universal principles in ethics. The enlightenment view, starting with Kant and taken up in the work of Habermas, casts identity as subject of universal but formal moral constraints. Smith argues that neither of these views can provide a proper framework for ethics. Drawing on the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur and Charles Taylor, he presents a fascinating reworking of key issues in ethics and continental philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134712076
• Artikelnr.: 38263326

Autorenporträt

Nicholas H. Smith is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The variety of hermeneutics
Chapter 2 Strong hermeneutics and the contingency of self
Chapter 3 Interpretation, practical reason and tradition
Chapter 4 Deep hermeneutics, emancipation and fate
Chapter 5 Communication and the contingency of language
Chapter 6 Strong hermeneutics and discourse ethics
Chapter 7 The ecological politics of strong hermeneutics