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Ethics between Tradition and a New Beginning

Ethics between Tradition and a New Beginning 199 Ethics between Tradition and a New Beginning THOMAS NENON University of Memphis Ethics between tradition and a new beginning-it is doubtful that Werner Marx would approve of the title. In fact, he consciously declined to use the term "Ethik" in the German title of his final book on practical philosophy and repeatedly expressed reservations about the word "ethics" in the title of its English translation.' For in his two final books, which come closest to presenting what one might call Werner Marx's "ethics," he presents neither a normative ethics as a set of prescribed or forbid- den actions, nor does he concern himself with a metaethical analysis of the necessary conditions for normative ethics.' And when we speak of ethics today, these are the two kinds of philosophical enterprises commonly associated with the term. Instead he chose to present his thoughts in his last book, in which he presents Mitleidenkönnen," the ability to feel compassion, as the answer to the question posed in the title of his previous work Gibt es auf Erden ein Mafi? under the less ambitious title of Ethos und Lebenswelt. Even the title of the English translation of that final work, namely Towards http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Research in Phenomenology Brill

Ethics between Tradition and a New Beginning

Research in Phenomenology , Volume 27 (1): 199 – Jan 1, 1997

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Brill
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© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0085-5553
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1569-1640
DOI
10.1163/156916497X00101
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199 Ethics between Tradition and a New Beginning THOMAS NENON University of Memphis Ethics between tradition and a new beginning-it is doubtful that Werner Marx would approve of the title. In fact, he consciously declined to use the term "Ethik" in the German title of his final book on practical philosophy and repeatedly expressed reservations about the word "ethics" in the title of its English translation.' For in his two final books, which come closest to presenting what one might call Werner Marx's "ethics," he presents neither a normative ethics as a set of prescribed or forbid- den actions, nor does he concern himself with a metaethical analysis of the necessary conditions for normative ethics.' And when we speak of ethics today, these are the two kinds of philosophical enterprises commonly associated with the term. Instead he chose to present his thoughts in his last book, in which he presents Mitleidenkönnen," the ability to feel compassion, as the answer to the question posed in the title of his previous work Gibt es auf Erden ein Mafi? under the less ambitious title of Ethos und Lebenswelt. Even the title of the English translation of that final work, namely Towards

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Published: Jan 1, 1997

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