An ethics of responsibility for our time

dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers, D.E. (Dawid Etienne)
dc.contributor.emailetienne.devilliers@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-16T11:18:52Z
dc.date.available2021-09-16T11:18:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractWe live in a time in which the way of life characterised as “ethical” or “moral” is under stress. The challenge we face is to take up responsibility for salvaging and enhancing the exercise of moral responsibility in all spheres of life. It is argued in this article that the ethical approach to be followed in facing this challenge is the ethics of responsibility. This ethics should, however, not be conceptualised as yet another firstlevel normative ethical approach vying to replace existing ones, but as a second-level one. Such an approach recognises the indispensable contribution of existing normative ethical approaches to the exercise of moral responsibility. At the same time, it provides guidance to these approaches on enhancing the exercise of moral responsibility in a contextually appropriate manner. In the article, a case is made out for the ethics of responsibility that is proposed, followed by a discussion of its profile and agenda.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentDogmatics and Christian Ethicsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/index.php/stjen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Villiers, E. 2020, 'An ethics of responsibility for our time', Stellenbosch Theological Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 163-184.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2413-9459 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2413-9467 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.17570/stj.2020.v6n1.a10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/81884
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Faculty of Theologyen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020 Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, Stellenbosch. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectContemporary cultureen_ZA
dc.subjectEthicsen_ZA
dc.subjectEthics of responsibilityen_ZA
dc.subjectModernisationen_ZA
dc.subjectMoral responsibilityen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleAn ethics of responsibility for our timeen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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