Revisiting Max Weber's Ethic of Responsibility

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-16-155816-0
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 243 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 398 g

Reihe: Perspektiven der Ethik

To what extent could Max Weber's ethic of responsibility serve as a model for us today? An adequate answer to this question could only be given on the basis of a satisfactory interpretation and thorough assessment of his ethic of responsibility. In this monograph Etienne de Villiers sets himself the task of doing just that. He establishes that, in spite of serious shortcomings, Weber's ethic points to the contemporary need for an ethic of responsibility as a second-level normative ethical approach that would address the undermining effect of modernisation on ethical living. Such a contemporary ethic of responsibility would provide guidelines on how ethical living could be responsibly enhanced in our time. The author also presents a brief proposal on how a contemporary ethic of responsibility might be designed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Villiers, Etienne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

de Villiers, Etienne
Born 1945; studied Theology and Philosophy; PhD 1978; emeritus professor of Christian Ethics of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria.

Born 1945; studied Theology and Philosophy; PhD 1978; emeritus professor of Christian Ethics of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria.