Heidegger and moral realism / Anoop Gupta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gupta, Anoop, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral realism.

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2015.

Summary:

"Is it possible to found a Heideggerian ethic around the notion of a relationship to being (Bezug zum Seyn)? Going against much of the Western tradition, Gupta considers if the being-relationship could result in a feeling or mystical experience that is the basis of ethics. Along the way, such an affective and embodied approach to ethics brings us into dialogue with a range of thinkers, such as Kant and Schweitzer. Further, it is suggested that an environmental philosophy is consistent with a Heideggerian ethics. Finally, recent research in the neurosciences is marshaled to at least show the plausibility of Heidegger's brand of moral realism as it is developed." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: A Heideggerian ethics and yesterday

Ends and origins

Ethical thinking

Back to before Kant

Romanticism revisited

Ethics and time

Ontological similarity

Kant's conundrum

Hegel's aesthetics

Schweitzer's ethics

A Heideggerian rebuttal of ethical relativism

Heidegger and ethical naturalism

Prospects for moral realism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498203791

1498203795

OCLC:

990416303