Gabriel Marcel's ethics of hope : evil, God and virtue
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Gabriel Marcel's ethics of hope : evil, God and virtue
(Continuum studies in Continental philosophy)
Continuum, c2011
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Bibliography: p. [138]-149
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The idea of hope has received significant attention in the political sphere recently. But is hope just wishful thinking, or can it be something more than a political catch-phrase? This book argues that hope can be understood existentially, or on the basis of what it means to be human. Under this conception of hope, given to us by Gabriel Marcel, hope is not optimism, but the creation of ways for us to flourish. War, poverty and an absolute reliance on technology are real-life evils that can suffocate hope. Marcels thought provides a way to overcome these negative experiences. An ethics of hope can function as an alternative to isolation, dread, and anguish offered by most existentialists. This book presents Marcels existentialism as a convincing, relevant moral theory; founded on the creation of hope, interwoven with the individuals response to the death of God. Jill Hernandez argues that todays reader of Marcel can resonate with his belief that the experience of pain can be transcended through a philosophy of hope and an escape from materialism.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Citing Marcel
- 1. Evil and the Problematic Man
- 2. The Problem of Evil: The Death of God and an Ethics of Hope
- 3. The Ethical Life
- 4. Ethics in Personal Crisis
- 5. Ethics in Global Crisis
- Bibliography
- Index.
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