Heidegger and the Ground of Ethics: A Study of Mitsein (Modern European Philosophy) - Hardcover

Olafson, Frederick A.

 
9780521630948: Heidegger and the Ground of Ethics: A Study of Mitsein (Modern European Philosophy)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521630940 ISBN 13: 9780521630948
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

A major contribution to the debates about Heidegger and ethics.

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Review

"Frederick Olafson makes the case sensibly and eloquently that, despite Heidegger's failed personal and political judgments, "the profoundly original constellation of ideas he introduced in Being and Time can make and important contribution to our understading of the whole ethical side of our lives" (p.6). His effort in the latter part of the book to build just such a more complete ethical perspective on the "ground" of Heidegger's fundamental ontology is thoughtful and interesting., if less compelling because so syncretistic. Still, Olafson's philosophical project is an important one which deserves the attention and efforts of others." Review of Metaphysics

Book Description

Written by one of the preeminent interpreters of Heidegger, this book is an important statement about the basis of human sociality that is a major contribution to the continuing debates about Heidegger in particular, and ethics in general.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521630940
ISBN 13 
9780521630948
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
120

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