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Taking responsibility : comparative perspectives / edited by Winston Davis.

Contributor(s): Davis, Winston, 1939-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.): Publisher: Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia, 2001Description: xii, 307 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0813920515 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0813920507 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Responsibility -- Congresses | Social ethics -- Congresses | Political ethics -- CongressesDDC classification: 179/.9 LOC classification: BJ1451 | .T34 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The American founders' responsibility / Ralph Lerner -- Religious freedom and civic responsibility / Amy Gutmann -- Torts and gods: idolatry in the law / Denis J. Brion -- Law as response to Thou / Walter Brueggemann -- Democracy, tragedy, and responsibility: the Greek case / Kevin Crotty -- Jewish philosophies after Heidegger: Levinas and Jonas on responsibility / Lawrence Vogel -- Rooted responsibility: locating moral authority in North India / Ann Grodzins Gold -- The genesis and decay of responsibility in Buddhism / Sallie B. King -- The single thread of a new Confucianism: private virtue and public responsibility / Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- The mistake will not be repeated: Hiroshima and Japanese war responsibility / James H. Foard -- Civic responsibility in political society: an Islamic paradigm / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Religion and public life in Africa: a comparative perspective on the ethics of responsibility / Simeon O. Ilesanmi.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BJ1451 .T34 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902296884

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The American founders' responsibility / Ralph Lerner -- Religious freedom and civic responsibility / Amy Gutmann -- Torts and gods: idolatry in the law / Denis J. Brion -- Law as response to Thou / Walter Brueggemann -- Democracy, tragedy, and responsibility: the Greek case / Kevin Crotty -- Jewish philosophies after Heidegger: Levinas and Jonas on responsibility / Lawrence Vogel -- Rooted responsibility: locating moral authority in North India / Ann Grodzins Gold -- The genesis and decay of responsibility in Buddhism / Sallie B. King -- The single thread of a new Confucianism: private virtue and public responsibility / Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- The mistake will not be repeated: Hiroshima and Japanese war responsibility / James H. Foard -- Civic responsibility in political society: an Islamic paradigm / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Religion and public life in Africa: a comparative perspective on the ethics of responsibility / Simeon O. Ilesanmi.

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