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Difficulties of ethical life
Shannon Sullivan and Dennis J. Schmidt
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Frontmatter
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Introduction (Shannon Sullivan and Dennis J. Schmidt, page 1)
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PART I: QUESTIONS OF ETHICS
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1 In the Name of Goodness (Charles E. Scott, page 11)
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2 What Is Philosophical Ethics? (Günter Figal, page 25)
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3 Hermeneutics as Original Ethics (Dennis J. Schmidt, page 35)
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PART II: THE ETHICS OF INTERSUBJECTIVITY AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS
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4 Ethical Experience, Ethical Subjectivity (Simon Critchley, page 51)
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5 9/11: America and the Politics of Innocence (Debra B. Bergoffen, page 72)
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6 Engage the Enemy: Cavell, Comedies of Remarriage, and the Politics of Friendship (Cynthia Willett, page 88)
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7 The Intimacy of Strangers: The Difficulty of Closeness and the Ethics of Distance (Eduardo Mendieta, page 112)
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PART III: RESPONSIBILITY AND RACE
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8 Before Whom and for What? Accountability and the Invention of Ministerial, Hyperbolic, and Infinite Responsibility (Robert Bernasconi, page 131)
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9 Racism and Responsibility (Ladelle McWhorter, page 147)
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10 Whiteness as Family: Race, Class, and Responsibility (Shannon Sullivan, page 162)
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PART IV: THE ETHICS OF NONTRUTH
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11 Narrating Pain: The Ethics of Catharsis (Richard Kearney, page 181)
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12 On Deception: Radical Evil and the Destruction of the Archive (Peg Birmingham, page 195)
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Notes (page 213)
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Contributors (page 239)
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Index (page 243)
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Published: c2008
Publisher: Fordham University Press
- 9780823229734 (hardcover)
- 9780823229741 (paper)