Towards a Critical Political Ethics
Author | : Hille Haker |
Publisher | : Schwabe Verlag (Basel) |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2020-05-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783796541971 |
ISBN-13 | : 3796541976 |
Rating | : 4/5 (976 Downloads) |
Download or read book Towards a Critical Political Ethics written by Hille Haker and published by Schwabe Verlag (Basel). This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her book Hille Haker pleads for a radical course correction of Catholic social ethics by focusing on three foundational concepts of social ethics: human rights, human dignity and moral responsibility based on the interplay of compassion, solidarity and justice. The author argues for a historically and politically mediated ethics that replaces the natural law ethics. The theoretical reflections of the book are carried out by the practical social-ethical studies: The politicization of individual human rights is examined in the contexts of migration, religious freedom, and criminal justice. Human dignity is spelled out as "vulnerable agency" allowing for a sharp criticism of Catholic sexual morality and neglect of women's human rights.The book ends with a discussion of the relationship of political theology and political ethics and its social-ethical implications for the further development of a Critical Political Ethics.