Ethical Subjects in Contemporary Culture

ISBN-13: 9780748640096 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 232 str.

Dave Boothroyd

Opis

Shows how ethical subjectivity is not based on individual morals but contemporary cultureTaking his lead from the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, and engaging with a number of ethical thinkers, Dave Boothroyd addresses a number of key contemporary ethical subjects. In doing so, he reveals how responsibility is grounded in the everyday encounters and situations we are all familiar with.

Spis treści

1. The Subject of the ethical turn; 2. Empiricism, the ethical Subject and the ethics of hospitality; 3. Sexing the ethical Subject; 4. Vulnerability to violence and ethical sensibility; 5. The ethical Subject of new media communications; 6. Secrecy and the secret of ethical subjectivity; 7. Censored Subjects; 8. Suffering; 9. Hospitality, friendship and justice; 10. Death, or the end of Subject; Bibliography; Index.