Questioning Ethics

About this book

This major discussion takes a look at some of the most important ethical issues confronting us today by some of the worlds leading thinkers. Including essays from leading thinkers such as Jurgen Habermas Alasdair MacIntyre Julia Kristeva and Paul Ricoeur the books highlight an interview with Jacques Derrida - presents the most accessible insight into his thinking on ethics and politics for many years. Exploring topics ranging from history memory revisionism and the self and responsibility to democracy multiculturalism feminism and the future of politics the essays are grouped into five thematic sections: hermeneutics deconstruction critical theory psychoanalysis applied ethics. Each section considers the challenges posed by ethics and how critical thinking has transformed philosophy today. Questioning Ethics affords an unsurpassed overview of the state of ethical thinking today by some of the worlds foremost philosophers.