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Responsibility has become the "queen of modern virtues," Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. This illuminating collection of essays encompasses conceptions of responsibility around the globe, as discussed by leading scholars in the fields of philosophy,
anthropology, intellectual history, religious studies, classics, and law. Including
"Law as Response to Thou" by Walter Brueggemann, "Jewish Philosophers after Heidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility" by Lawrence Vogel, "The American Founders' Responsibility" by Ralph Lerner, and "Religious Freedom and Civic ...

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Overview

Responsibility has become the "queen of modern virtues," Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. This illuminating collection of essays encompasses conceptions of responsibility around the globe, as discussed by leading scholars in the fields of philosophy,
anthropology, intellectual history, religious studies, classics, and law. Including
"Law as Response to Thou" by Walter Brueggemann, "Jewish Philosophers after Heidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility" by Lawrence Vogel, "The American Founders' Responsibility" by Ralph Lerner, and "Religious Freedom and Civic Responsibility" by Amy Gutmann, Taking Responsibility provides a rich dialogue of diverse voices describing the many historical senses of responsibility as well as the vastly different approaches to being responsible that we experience in the modern world.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780813920511
  • Publisher: University of Virginia Press
  • Publication date: 11/1/2001
  • Pages: 324
  • Series: Studies in Religion and Culture Series
  • Product dimensions: 0.73 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Winston Davis is the Jessie Ball DuPont Professor of Religion at Washington and Lee University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: The Dimensions and Dilemmas of a Modern Virtue 1
Pt. I Responsibility: Legal and Constitutional Issues
1 The American Founders' Responsibility 31
2 Religious Freedom and Civic Responsibility 47
3 Torts and Gods: Idolatry in the Law 63
Pt. II Responsibility in the West
4 Law as Response to Thou 87
5 Democracy, Tragedy, and Responsibility: The Greek Case 106
6 Jewish Philosophies after Heidegger: Levinas and Jonas on Responsibility 121
Pt. III Responsibility in the Non-Western World
7 Rooted Responsibility Locating Moral Authority in North India 149
8 The Genesis and Decay of Responsibility in Buddhism 173
9 The Single Thread of a New Confusianism: Private Virtue and Public Responsibility 196
10 The Mistake Will Not Be Repeated: Hiroshima and Japanese War Responsibility 213
11 Civic Responsibility in Political Society: An Islamic Paradigm 231
12 Religion and Public Life in Africa: A Comparative Perspective on the Ethics of Responsibility 253
Afterword: Responsibility in a Postmodern World 273
Notes on Contributors 295
Index 299

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