ISBN: 9780813920504

Responsibility has become the queen of modern virtues, Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. This illuminating collection of essays encompas… More...

Responsibility has become the queen of modern virtues, Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. This illuminating collection of essays encompasses conceptions of responsibility around the globe, as discussed by leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, anthropology, intellectual history, religious studies, classics, and law. Including Law as Response to Thou by Walter Brueggemann, Jewish Philosophers after Heidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility by Lawrence Vogel, The American Founders' Responsibility by Ralph Lerner, and Religious Freedom and Civic Responsibility by Amy Gutmann, Taking Responsibility provides a rich dialogue of diverse voices describing the many historical senses of responsibility as well as the vastly different approaches to being responsible that we experience in the modern world. Trade Books>Hardcover>Philosophy>Philosophy>Philosophy, University of Virginia Press Core >2<

2001, ISBN: 9780813920504

Responsibility has become the 'queen of modern virtues,' WinstonDavis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. Thisilluminating collection of essays encompas… More...

Responsibility has become the 'queen of modern virtues,' WinstonDavis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. Thisilluminating collection of essays encompasses conceptions of responsibility aroundthe globe, as discussed by leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, anthropology, intellectual history, religious studies, classics, and law. Including'Law as Response to Thou' by Walter Brueggemann, 'Jewish Philosophers afterHeidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility' by Lawrence Vogel, 'The AmericanFounders' Responsibility' by Ralph Lerner, and 'Religious Freedom and CivicResponsibility' by Amy Gutmann, Taking Responsibility provides a rich dialogue ofdiverse voices describing the many historical senses of responsibility as well asthe vastly different approaches to being responsible that we experience in themodern world. Buch (fremdspr.) Winston Davis gebundene Ausgabe, University of Virginia Press, 01.10.2001, University of Virginia Press, 2001<

2001, ISBN: 9780813920504

Responsibility has become the 'queen of modern virtues,' WinstonDavis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. Thisilluminating collection of essays encompas… More...

Responsibility has become the 'queen of modern virtues,' WinstonDavis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. Thisilluminating collection of essays encompasses conceptions of responsibility aroundthe globe, as discussed by leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, anthropology, intellectual history, religious studies, classics, and law. Including'Law as Response to Thou' by Walter Brueggemann, 'Jewish Philosophers afterHeidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility' by Lawrence Vogel, 'The AmericanFounders' Responsibility' by Ralph Lerner, and 'Religious Freedom and CivicResponsibility' by Amy Gutmann, Taking Responsibility provides a rich dialogue ofdiverse voices describing the many historical senses of responsibility as well asthe vastly different approaches to being responsible that we experience in themodern world. Buch (fremdspr.) Winston Davis gebundene Ausgabe, University of Virginia Press, 01.10.2001, University of Virginia Press, 2001<

2001, ISBN: 9780813920504

Responsibility has become the 'queen of modern virtues,' WinstonDavis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. Thisilluminating collection of essays encompas… More...

Responsibility has become the 'queen of modern virtues,' WinstonDavis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. Thisilluminating collection of essays encompasses conceptions of responsibility aroundthe globe, as discussed by leading scholars in the fields of philosophy, anthropology, intellectual history, religious studies, classics, and law. Including'Law as Response to Thou' by Walter Brueggemann, 'Jewish Philosophers afterHeidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility' by Lawrence Vogel, 'The AmericanFounders' Responsibility' by Ralph Lerner, and 'Religious Freedom and CivicResponsibility' by Amy Gutmann, Taking Responsibility provides a rich dialogue ofdiverse voices describing the many historical senses of responsibility as well asthe vastly different approaches to being responsible that we experience in themodern world. Buch (fremdspr.) gebundene Ausgabe, University of Virginia Press, 01.10.2001, University of Virginia Press, 2001<