Moral Contexts. Collected Essays
Document Type
Book
Language
eng
Publication Date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Source Publication
Moral Contexts. Collected Essays
Source ISSN
9780742513785
Abstract
Many contexts shape and limit moral thinking in philosophy and life. Human conditions of vulnerability and interdependency, of limited awareness and control, of imperfect insight into ourselves and others are inevitable contexts that neither moral thought nor theory should forget. To be truly reflective, moral thinking and moral philosophy must become aware of the contexts that bind our thinking about how to live. This collection of essays by Margaret Urban Walker seek to show how to do this, and why it makes a difference.
Contingent and changeable contexts that shape moral thinking include our individual histories, our social positions, and institutional roles, relationships, cultural settings, and social arrangements, and the specific moral idioms we pick up along the way. The paradigms and specialized language of ethical theory are contexts, too; they shape how moral theory looks and what or whom it looks at. Ethical theory and practice are meaningless without these Moral Contexts.
Recommended Citation
Walker, Margaret Urban, "Moral Contexts. Collected Essays" (2003). Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications. 194.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/194
Comments
Margaret Walker. Moral Contexts. Collected Essays . Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003. Publisher link. This material is still protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Please contact the publisher for permission to copy, distribute, or reprint.