The Question of Ethics

The Question of Ethics Synopsis

" . . . stimulating and insightful . . . a thoroughly researched and timely contribution to the secondary literature of ethics . . . " -Library Journal
"His important new work establishes Scott . . . as one of the foremost interpreters of the Continental philosophical tradition of the US. . . . Necessary for anyone working in ethics or the Continental tradition." -Choice
" . . . a provocative discourse on the consequences of the ethical in the thought of Nietzsche, Foucault, and Heidegger." -The Journal of Religion
Charles E. Scott's challenging book advances the broad claim that ethics as a way of judging and thinking has come into question as philosophers have confronted suffering and conflicts that arise from our traditional systems of value.