{"product_id":"shaping-a-modern-ethics-9781350262317","title":"Shaping a Modern Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs there any such thing as a   single ethical system to which all human beings could conceivably   subscribe?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis basic question of ethics   is similarly treacherous when approached on a higher technical level.  Specialists have long recognized that   Kant's categorical imperative is neither theoretically nor practically   tenable.  But efforts to revive and   repair the Kantian projectincluding especially the monumental work of Jürgen   Habermashave all themselves been theoretically questionable, while   developing a complexity that makes them impractical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMust we then simply do without   ethics in the sense of a universal ethical method?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy way   of a close study of literary and philosophical texts, from \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Bennett’s Shaping A Modern Ethics offers a series of provocative case studies, focusing on Lessing and Freud, on Nietzsche and Rorty, on Habermas and Wittig. Bennett introduces us to Enlightenment thought and a post-Enlightenment relativism that also re-centers our attention towards Jewish philosophy and feminist thought. This is a very timely book that will be appreciated by students of philosophy and literature alike. -- Liliane Weissberg, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor in the School of Arts \u0026amp; Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, USA\u003cbr\u003eOne of the foremost literary scholars of our times, Benjamin Bennett, with his signature flair and brilliance, argues in his newest book for the ethical significance of literature—precisely when it defies all ethical propositions. In the tradition of Leibniz, Lessing, Nietzsche, Kafka, Wittgenstein, and Bachmann, he resists the clamor for extrinsic guidelines and the authoritarian injunction to literal interpretation. Instead, Bennett celebrates the non-compliant, ironic, and experimental text. A refreshing voice! * Alice Kuzniar, Professor of German and English, University of Waterloo, Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Abbreviations  Preliminary Remarks:   Wittgenstein and Strawson  Chapter One: Introduction:   Ethics, “Literature,” and Irony  Chapter Two: Nietzsche and   Rorty: The Ethics of Irony  Chapter Three: Kant and   Leibniz  Chapter Four: Lessing: History,   Irony, and Diaspora  Chapter Five: Lessing and   Freud: Theory, Wisdom, and the Scope of Ethics  Chapter Six: Habermas, Rorty,   and Machiavelli  Chapter Seven: Woolf,   Bachmann, Wittig: Toward a Feminist Ethics    Conclusion, or Not\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019646730583,"sku":"9781350262317","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350262317.jpg?v=1750780899","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shaping-a-modern-ethics-9781350262317","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}