On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethics

"... remarkable account of the impact of postmodern philosophy on the question of ethics and politics... commendable also for its balanced view of Heidegger's relationship to politics and ethics.... an excellent account of Heidegger's philosophical understanding of technology..." -- ChoiceThis book takes as its point of departure the question of ethics: that values and their pursuit in the West often perpetuate their own worst enemies. At issue are the dangers in the structures and movements of images, values, and ways of knowing that are most intimately a part of our lives.

Charles E. Scott holds the Edwin Erle Sparks Chair in Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Selected Works Cited	p. xi
Introduction Crossing the Ethical by """"The"""" Nonethical	p. 1
Nonbelonging/Authenticity	p. 7
Language in a Passing Sense of Transcendence	p. 21
Ethics in a Passing Sense of Transcendence	p. 34
A (non-) Passing Sense of Tragedy	p. 49
Thinking Noninterpretively	p. 68
The Ascetic Ideal Nietzsche Contra Heidegger	p. 86
Transition """"What is Paris Doing to Us?""""	p. 104
Self-Fragmentation the Danger to Ethics	p. 114
""""Not to Be Trapped by Abuse ..."""" Genealogy and a Child's Pain	p. 146
Responsibility and Danger	p. 153
A People's Witness Beyond Politics	p. 170
Democratic Space	p. 181
On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Politics for Life	p. 195
Notes	p. 205
Index	p. 213
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