Madwoman's Reason The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought

Name: Madwoman's Reason The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought
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ISBN: 9780271025780

ISBN-10: 0271025786

ISBN-13: 9780271025780

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nancy J. Holland

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Taking Jean Giraudoux's play The Madwoman of Chaillot as its starting point, this book seeks a way out of the dilemma that confronts those who feel that any nonrelativistic moral theory requires some metaphysical foundation but cannot see how a foundations position can be persuasively defended.Nancy holland draws on the work of Heidegger and Derrida to formulate a concept of appropriate action that can address both extraordinary ethical problems within a particular cultural tradition and moral conflict between different cultures. Her feminist reappropriations of the concept of teh appropriate is then further developed by reference to Aristotle and Kant, whose ethical theories, she argues,…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 3/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 156
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English