
Moral Creativity
Paul Ricoeur and the Poetics of Possibility
John Wall(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 25. August 2005
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-0-19-518256-9 (ISBN)
Description
John Wall argues that moral life is inherently creative. Creativity, he says, is an element not just in the expression of moral sentiments, the application of moral principles, or the formation of moral cultures, but also the very activity of living morally itself. He supports his argument by means of an examination and critique of the moral thought of the French hermeneutical phenomenologist Paul Ricoeur, especially his poetics of will. Wall places Ricoeur's work in the larger context of historical and contemporary conversations about moral transformation. In the process, he draws new connections between sin and tragedy, ethics and poetics, and the moral life and religious mythology. If moral life is creative at its core, Wall argues, it challenges all of these inherited oppositions and demands some fundamental rethinking of the nature and meaning of moral life itself.
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A provocative primer rich and thoughtful in current phenomenological conversations related to major questions debated today. * Horizons *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Students and scholars of religion and ethics
Illustrations
1 halftone
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-518256-9 (9780195182569)
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Person
John Wall is Assistant Professor of Religion at Rutgers University. He is author of numerous articles in religious ethics and co-editor of Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought (2002).
Author
Assistant Professor of ReligionAssistant Professor of Religion, Rutgers University, Camden