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Founding Community

A Phenomenological-Ethical Inquiry

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. H. Peter Steeves

    1. Department of Philosophy, California State University, Fresno, USA

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Part of the book series: Phaenomenologica (PHAE, volume 143)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Morality and Phenomenology

    • H. Peter Steeves
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Ego and the Other in a Pairing Relation

    • H. Peter Steeves
    Pages 9-30

  4. Instinct and the Presence of the Other

    • H. Peter Steeves
    Pages 31-53

  5. Moral Categoriality & Moral Being

    • H. Peter Steeves
    Pages 54-77

  6. Phenomenological Communitarianism

    • H. Peter Steeves
    Pages 78-120

  7. Non-Human Life and the Boundaries of Community

    • H. Peter Steeves
    Pages 121-143

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 144-161
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About this book

Phenomenology, in its traditional encounters with ethics, has commonly aimed at a more descriptive rather than prescriptive goal. The direction of this project, however, is both phenomenological and prescriptive as I attempt to provide a phenomenological foundation for communitarian ethical theory. I argue, following Husserl, that the Ego and the Other arise together in sense and thus we are committed to community in a foundational way. I am always and fundamentally constituted as a member of a community - as a Self among Others - and, given this, there are certain ethical implications. Namely, there is a communal Good of which my good is but a perspective; indeed, it is a perspective on a Good which encompasses the whole of the living world and not just humanity. Consequently, we are foundationally imbedded in a deep community and a deep communitarian ethic.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, California State University, Fresno, USA

    H. Peter Steeves

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Founding Community

  • Book Subtitle: A Phenomenological-Ethical Inquiry

  • Authors: H. Peter Steeves

  • Series Title: Phaenomenologica

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5182-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4798-9Published: 28 February 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6180-3Published: 08 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-5182-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0079-1350

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0331

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 161

  • Topics: Ethics, Phenomenology, Philosophy, general

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