Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History

This interdisciplinary volume connects the philosophy of history to moral philosophy with a unique focus on time. Taking in a range of intellectual traditions cultural and geographical contexts the volume provides a rich tapestry of approaches to time morality culture and history.<br/> <br/> By extending the philosophical discussion on the ethical importance of temporality the editors disentangle some of the disciplinary tensions between analytical and hermeneutic philosophy of history cultural theory meta-ethical theory and normative ethics. The ethical and existential character of temporality reveals itself within a collection that resists the methodological underpinnings of any one philosophical school. The book's distinctive cross-cultural approach ensures a wide range of perspectives with contributions on life and death in Japanese philosophy ethics and time in Maori philosophy non-traditional temporalities and philosophical anthropology as well as global approaches to ethics.<br/><br/> These new directions of study highlight the importance of the ethical in the temporal inviting further points of departure in this burgeoning field.