| Against Ethics Contributor(s): Caputo, John D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253208165 ISBN-13: 9780253208163 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: John D. Caputo undertakes a passionate, poetic, and satiric search for the basis of an ethics in the postmodern situation. Caputo defends the notion of obligation without ethics, of responsibility without the support of ethical foundations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 170 |
| LCCN: 92041567 |
| Series: Studies in Continental Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.14" W x 9.2" (1.08 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Against Ethics is beautifully written, clever, learned, thought-provoking, and even inspiring. --Theological Studies Writing in the form of his ideas, Caputo offers the reader a truly exquisite reading experience. . . . his iconic style mirrors a truly refreshing honesty that draws the reader in to play. --Quarterly Journal of Speech Against Ethics is, in my judgment, one of the most important works on philosophical ethics that has been written in recent years. . . . Caputo speaks with a passion and a concern that are rare in academic philosophy. His profound sense of humor deepens the passion of the viewpoints he develops. --Mark C. Taylor Obligation happens! declares Caputo in this brilliant and witty postmodern critique of ethics, framed as a contemporary restaging of Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling. |