Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History: A Cross-Cultural Approach

This interdisciplinary volume connects the philosophy of history to moral philosophy with a focus on time, providing a rich tapestry of approaches to time, morality, culture, and history. It disentangles disciplinary tensions between analytical and hermeneutic philosophy, cultural theory, meta-ethical theory, and normative ethics, and offers a cross-cultural approach to ethics, highlighting the importance of the ethical in the temporal.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 09 February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This comprehensive volume explores the intricate relationship between the philosophy of history and moral philosophy, with a distinctive emphasis on the concept of time. Drawing from a diverse array of intellectual traditions, cultural backgrounds, and geographical contexts, the volume presents a rich tapestry of approaches to time, morality, culture, and history. By extending the philosophical discourse on the ethical significance of temporality, the editors aim to bridge the disciplinary divides between analytical and hermeneutic philosophy of history, cultural theory, meta-ethical theory, and normative ethics. The ethical and existential dimensions of temporality emerge through a collection that resists the confines of any single philosophical school. The book's unique cross-cultural approach ensures a wide range of perspectives, with contributions on life and death in Japanese philosophy, ethics and time in Maori philosophy, non-traditional temporalities and philosophical anthropology, as well as global approaches to ethics. These innovative directions of study underscore the importance of the ethical in the temporal, opening up new avenues for exploration in this rapidly evolving field.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350279094