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Ethical Encounter
Christopher Cordner
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Description for Ethical Encounter
Paperback. Series: Swansea Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
This book shows how our moral concepts are nourished by awe, reverence and various forms of love. These ways of encountering the world and other human beings inform our sense of good and evil, of justice and injustice, of obligation, of fidelity and betrayal, and of many virtues and vices. In ways moral philosophy commonly misses, this book shows moral understanding is broadened and deepened by what is disclosed only in these forms of encounter.
This book shows how our moral concepts are nourished by awe, reverence and various forms of love. These ways of encountering the world and other human beings inform our sense of good and evil, of justice and injustice, of obligation, of fidelity and betrayal, and of many virtues and vices. In ways moral philosophy commonly misses, this book shows moral understanding is broadened and deepened by what is disclosed only in these forms of encounter.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Swansea Studies in Philosophy
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349418473
SKU
V9781349418473
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Ref
99-15
About Christopher Cordner
CHRISTOPHER CORDNER is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. His main philosophical interest is ethics, on which he has published articles in a range of journals.
Reviews for Ethical Encounter
'...an intriguing, original grounding for morality...Cordner is a pleasure to read, for he develops his theses through beautifully crafted meditations upon incidents from literature and life. His many fine distinctions and intriguing insights about moral action and motivation will broaden and deepen any reader's understanding of morality...his book is a lyrically written, persuasive evocation of an important strand in the ... Read more