On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethics and Politics
by Charles E. Scott
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". . . remarkable account of the impact of postmodern philosophy on the question of ethics and politics . . . commendable also for its balanced view of Heidegger's relationship to politics and ethics. . . . an excellent account of Heidegger's philosophical understanding of technology . . ." --ChoiceThis book takes as its point of departure the question of ethics: that values and their pursuit in the West often perpetuate their own worst enemies. At issue are the dangers in the structures and show more movements of images, values, and ways of knowing that are most intimately a part of our lives. show lessTags
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Charles E. Scott is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Vanderbilt University Center for Ethics.
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- On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethics and Politics
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- I myself but write one or two indicative words for this future. /
I but advance a movement only to wheel and hurry back in the darkness. /
-- Walt Whitman
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