Research Catalog

Title

Ethics : the fundamental questions of our lives / Wolfgang Huber ; translated by Brian McNeil.

Author

Huber, Wolfgang, 1942-

Publication

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

McNeil, Brian

Description

xiii, 250 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Wolfgang Huber is Germany's most important theological ethicist, and this is a translation of his 2013 book published with CH Beck. Acknowledging our pluralistic world, Huber analyzes twenty ethical issues that emerge during the course of our lives: the future of the family, genetic handicaps and genetic enhancement, combatting global hunger and poverty, environmental degradation, religious freedom, the right to health, the expanding influence of the media, the true purpose of business, what we owe our descendants, global conflict and war and peace, the role of science, extending life and accepting death, and so on. In each chapter he provides a concrete example showing the relevance of the fundamental ethical question, then explains how one can think through possible responses and reactions. Huber is firmly within the Protestant tradition and takes philosophical cues from Kant. As such, he emphasizes the connections between personal, professional, and institutional ethics and demonstrates how human relationships lie at the center of our ethical lives. His aim is to articulate a theology of what he calls "responsible freedom" that transcends individualistic self-realization and includes communal obligations.

Uniform Title

Ethik. English

Alternative Title

Ethik.

Subject

• Ethics
• Ethics > Philosophy
• Virtues

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

What is ethics about? -- Life in common : does the family have a future? -- Human dignity : is there such a thing as a "trial pregnancy"? -- Handicap : do we want the perfect human being? -- Basic needs : isn't eating too a moral question? -- Poverty : how is it possible to dismantle injustice? -- Culture : is there such a thing as cultural basic foodstuffs? -- Conscience : is it possible to learn freedom of conscience and protect it? -- Responsibility : how does one become a world citizen? -- The information age : do the media control us? -- Work : do we live in order to work? -- Profit : what is the economy for? -- Science : are we permitted to do everything that we can in fact do? -- Medicine : is there a human right to health? -- Politics : is it possible to combine power and morality? -- Tolerance : how much differentness can we take? -- War and peace : how far does our responsibility go? -- Intergenerational justice : what do we leave behind for those who come after us? -- Old age : what does it mean to "honor your father and mother"? -- Dying : when has the time come to die?

Call Number

JFE 15-3887

ISBN

• 9781626162273 (hc : alk. paper)
• 1626162271 (hc : alk. paper)
• 9781626161658 (pb : alk. paper)
• 1626161658 (pb : alk. paper)
• 9781626161665 (eb) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014043613

OCLC

896863418

Author

Huber, Wolfgang, 1942- author.

Title

Ethics : the fundamental questions of our lives / Wolfgang Huber ; translated by Brian McNeil.

Publisher

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

McNeil, Brian, translator.

Translation Of:

Translation of: Huber, Wolfgang, 1942- Ethik. München : C.H. Beck, [2013] 9783406655609 (DLC) 2013465640 (OCoLC)857407128

Research Call Number

JFE 15-3887