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Morals: morals refers to a more or less coded set of rules, action maxims, duties and prohibitions within a society or group. Most of these rules are unconsciously internalized among the members of the society or group. Their justification and the possible assessment of actions are reflected in ethics and meta ethics. See also values, norms, rights, ethics._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Emmanuel Levinas on Morals - Dictionary of Arguments
Seel III 131 Morals/ethics/Levinas: Levinas leaves moral in an unprovoked, completely asymmetric being-responsible compared to the other roots: "The punch line of all morality is precisely in the exceeding of all respects and all identifying regards". SeelVsLevinas: one cannot take this literally not even with the best will. - Morals that makes no more differences between stones and men, perpetrators and victims, takes each possibility away to perceive a different as needy. Seel III 145 Def morals/Seel: moral consideration applies to all the people as such. Def Ethics: is based on a common history, which has created a closer social relationship. >Ethics._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Seel I M. Seel Die Kunst der Entzweiung Frankfurt 1997 Seel II M. Seel Ästhetik des Erscheinens München 2000 Seel III M. Seel Vom Handwerk der Philosophie München 2001 |