LEADER 04284nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910455025803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613380111 010 $a1-4008-2373-0 010 $a1-283-38011-0 010 $a1-4008-1427-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823734 035 $a(CKB)111056486501370 035 $a(EBL)831906 035 $a(OCoLC)769344472 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986445 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11519216 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986445 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937661 035 $a(PQKB)11157060 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000642953 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12304086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642953 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10652252 035 $a(PQKB)11306398 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC831906 035 $a(OCoLC)52137901 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43338 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00071750 035 $a(DE-B1597)453621 035 $a(OCoLC)979725159 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823734 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL831906 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10522507 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL338011 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486501370 100 $a19990616d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhy ethics?$b[electronic resource] $esigns of responsibilities /$fRobert Gibbs 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2000 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-00963-5 311 $a0-691-02686-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $apt. 1. Attending the future -- pt. 2. Present judgment -- pt. 3. Pragmatism, pragmatics, and method -- pt. 4. Repenting history. 330 $aRobert Gibbs presents here an ambitious new theory of ethics. Drawing on a striking combination of intellectual traditions, including Jewish thought, continental philosophy, and American pragmatism, Gibbs argues that ethics is primarily concerned with responsibility and is not--as philosophers have often assumed--principally a matter of thinking about the right thing to do and acting in accordance with the abstract dictates of reason or will. More specifically, ethics is concerned with attending to others' questions and bearing responsibility for what they do. Gibbs builds this innovative case by exploring the implicit responsibilities in a broad range of human interactions, paying especially close attention to the signs that people give and receive as they relate to each other. Why Ethics? starts by examining the simple actions of listening and speaking, reading and writing, and by focusing on the different responsibilities that each action entails. The author discusses what he describes as the mutual responsibilities implicit in the actions of reasoning, mediating, and judging. He assesses the relationships among ethics, pragmatics, and Jewish philosophy. The book concludes by looking at the relation of memory and the immemorial, emphasizing the need to respond for past actions by confessing, seeking forgiveness, and making reconciliations. In format, Gibbs adopts a Talmudic approach, interweaving brief citations from primary texts with his commentary. He draws these texts from diverse thinkers and sources, including Levinas, Derrida, Habermas, Rosenzweig, Luhmann, Peirce, James, Royce, Benjamin, Maimonides, the Bible, and the Talmud. Ranging over philosophy, literary theory, social theory, and historiography, this is an ambitious and provocative work that holds profound lessons for how we think about ethics and how we seek to live responsibly. 606 $aResponsibility 606 $aInterpersonal relations$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aJewish ethics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aResponsibility. 615 0$aInterpersonal relations$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aJewish ethics. 676 $a170 700 $aGibbs$b Robert$f1958-$0887369 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455025803321 996 $aWhy ethics$92456289 997 $aUNINA