{"product_id":"ethics-after-wittgenstein-9781350214552","title":"Ethics after Wittgenstein","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean for ethics to say, as Wittgenstein did, that philosophy leaves everything as it is?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though clearly absorbed with ethical questions throughout his life and work, Wittgenstein''s remarks about the subject do not easily lend themselves to summation or theorizing. Although many moral philosophers cite the influence or inspiration of Wittgenstein, there is little agreement about precisely what it means to do ethics in the light of Wittgenstein.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEthics after Wittgenstein\u003c\/i\u003e brings together an international cohort of leading scholars in the field to address this problem. The chapters advance a conception of philosophical ethics characterized by an attention to detail, meaning and importance which itself makes ethical demands on its practitioners. Working in conversation with literature and film, engaging deeply with anthropology and critical theory, and addressing contemporary problems from racialized sexual violence against women to the Islamic State,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn enormously stimulating and valuable collection. The wide-ranging contributions bring out how philosophers, drawing on Wittgenstein's thought, can open up new directions for exploration in ethics. * Cora Diamond, University Professor and Kenan Professor of Philosophy, Emerita, University of Virginia, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction: Doing Ethics after Wittgenstein, \u003ci\u003eRichard Amesbury and Hartmut von Sass\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I. Ethics and Wittgenstein\u003c\/b\u003e 1.     Ethics as We Talk It, \u003ci\u003eLars Hertzberg\u003c\/i\u003e 2.     Wittgenstein, Ethics and Fieldwork in Philosophy, \u003ci\u003eNora Hämäläinen\u003c\/i\u003e 3.     The Texture of Importance: Ethics after Cavell and Diamond, \u003ci\u003eSandra Laugier\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II. Wittgenstein, Ethics, and Meta-Ethics\u003c\/b\u003e 4.     Three Wittgensteinian Interventions in Current Meta-Ethical Debates, \u003ci\u003eJulia Hermann\u003c\/i\u003e 5.     Wittgensteinian Anti-Anti Realism – One ‘Anti’ Too Many?, \u003ci\u003eHans-Johann Glock\u003c\/i\u003e 6.     Wittgenstein and Moral Realism: The Debate Continues, \u003ci\u003eSabina Lovibond\u003c\/i\u003e 7.     Does It Pay to be Good?On D.Z. Phillips Having a Theory about Not Having a Theory in Ethics, \u003ci\u003eHartmut von Sass\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III. After Wittgenstein\u003c\/b\u003e 8.     “A Certain Purity of Attention to the World”:The Ethical Demands of Wittgensteinian Philosophizing, \u003ci\u003eMikel Burley\u003c\/i\u003e 9.     Wittgenstein and Political Theology: Law, Decision, and the Self, \u003ci\u003eRichard Amesbury\u003c\/i\u003e 10.  Wittgenstein Does Critical Theory, \u003ci\u003eAlice Crary\u003c\/i\u003e List of Contributors Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019638899031,"sku":"9781350214552","price":35.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350214552.jpg?v=1750780871","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethics-after-wittgenstein-9781350214552","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}