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On the Ethical Philosophy of Edith Stein

Outlines of Morality

William E. Tullius

Although she never penned a text dedicated exclusively to ethics, Edith Stein’s work encompasses an implicit, but self-consciously developed, moral philosophy not yet sufficiently developed in the current English-language literature. However, comparison of Stein’s anthropological and metaphysical theories against the ethical philosophy of other early phenomenological thinkers, such as Max Scheler and Edmund Husserl, reveals lines of moral theory woven throughout her texts. In On the Ethical Philosophy of Edith Stein: Outlines of Morality, William E. Tullius endeavors to present a systematic account of Stein’s moral thought as it takes shape in conversation with neo-scholasticism and develops across her corpus in conversation with her philosophical anthropology, axiological theory, and metaphysics. The ethics which emerge from these sources is oriented around the moral project of the development of personality through the unfolding of one’s personal core and which entails a call to the development of an ethical community reflective of and oriented by its responsiveness to the highest values and to the communal destiny of all humanity in God

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Lexington Books
Pages: 260 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66692-366-7 • Hardback • September 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
Series: Edith Stein Studies
Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy / Movements / Phenomenology, Philosophy / Individual Philosophers

William E. Tullius is assistant professor of philosophy at American Public University.

Introduction: Edith Stein as Moral Philosopher?

Part I: Philosophical and Theological Anthropology Across Stein’s Works

Chapter 1: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Anthropology: Stein, Scheler, and the Problem of Kant

Chapter 2: Philosophical Anthropology in the Phenomenological Works I: The Basic Structure of Human Nature in On the Problem of Empathy

Chapter 3: Philosophical Anthropology in the Phenomenological Works II: Expanding the Structure in Philosophy of Psychology and the Humanities and An Investigation Concerning the State

Chapter 4: Philosophical and Theological Anthropology in Stein’s Later Philosophy

Chapter 5: Final Philosophical Characterization of Steinian Personalism—Being-in-the-Metaxy

Part II: Phenomenological and Metaphysical Axiologies in Edith Stein

Chapter 6: Formal and Material Axiology in the Phenomenological Tradition

Chapter 7: Stein’s Phenomenological and Metaphysical Axiology

Part III: Systematic Unfolding of a Steinian Ethical Theory

Chapter 8: Stein on Human and Personal Moral Vocation

Chapter 9: Phenomenological “Renewal” and Christian “Metanoia”

Conclusion: A Steinian Contribution to Moral Debate

This book is a tour de force. William Tullius tells a story that not only gives the key pieces of Stein’s moral theory, but also places her thought within broader European ethical conversations. The drama moves from a Kantian separation of ethical and anthropological argument into Stein’s full-bodied and holistic theory which reunites what Kant separated and makes key steps forward in phenomenological ethics and value theory. Tullius ably draws from the scope of Stein’s writings, making clear that she is a moral theorist to be reckoned with. Those for whom ethical questions are paramount and those for whom the phenomenological tradition is compelling will find here a readable and rigorously articulated account of Stein’s distinct contributions to ethical conversations.


— Sarah Borden Sharkey, Wheaton College


William Tullius’ study expertly chronicles the development of Edith Stein’s moral philosophy from its personalist foundation to its larger metaphysical framework and, ultimately, to its focus on the good and the divine. Growing interest in Stein’s ethics has resulted in a series of compelling works, but this book is the first to present a complete narrative and synthesis of Stein’s comprehensive ethical project. Written with great acuity and insight, Tullius’ work exposes readers to another rich, important layer of Edith’s Stein’s philosophy.


— Antonio Calcagno, King's University College at Western University


On the Ethical Philosophy of Edith Stein

Outlines of Morality

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Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • Although she never penned a text dedicated exclusively to ethics, Edith Stein’s work encompasses an implicit, but self-consciously developed, moral philosophy not yet sufficiently developed in the current English-language literature. However, comparison of Stein’s anthropological and metaphysical theories against the ethical philosophy of other early phenomenological thinkers, such as Max Scheler and Edmund Husserl, reveals lines of moral theory woven throughout her texts. In On the Ethical Philosophy of Edith Stein: Outlines of Morality, William E. Tullius endeavors to present a systematic account of Stein’s moral thought as it takes shape in conversation with neo-scholasticism and develops across her corpus in conversation with her philosophical anthropology, axiological theory, and metaphysics. The ethics which emerge from these sources is oriented around the moral project of the development of personality through the unfolding of one’s personal core and which entails a call to the development of an ethical community reflective of and oriented by its responsiveness to the highest values and to the communal destiny of all humanity in God

Details
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  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 260 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-66692-366-7 • Hardback • September 2024 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
    Series: Edith Stein Studies
    Subjects: Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy / Movements / Phenomenology, Philosophy / Individual Philosophers
Author
Author
  • William E. Tullius is assistant professor of philosophy at American Public University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Edith Stein as Moral Philosopher?

    Part I: Philosophical and Theological Anthropology Across Stein’s Works

    Chapter 1: Ethics, Metaphysics, and Anthropology: Stein, Scheler, and the Problem of Kant

    Chapter 2: Philosophical Anthropology in the Phenomenological Works I: The Basic Structure of Human Nature in On the Problem of Empathy

    Chapter 3: Philosophical Anthropology in the Phenomenological Works II: Expanding the Structure in Philosophy of Psychology and the Humanities and An Investigation Concerning the State

    Chapter 4: Philosophical and Theological Anthropology in Stein’s Later Philosophy

    Chapter 5: Final Philosophical Characterization of Steinian Personalism—Being-in-the-Metaxy

    Part II: Phenomenological and Metaphysical Axiologies in Edith Stein

    Chapter 6: Formal and Material Axiology in the Phenomenological Tradition

    Chapter 7: Stein’s Phenomenological and Metaphysical Axiology

    Part III: Systematic Unfolding of a Steinian Ethical Theory

    Chapter 8: Stein on Human and Personal Moral Vocation

    Chapter 9: Phenomenological “Renewal” and Christian “Metanoia”

    Conclusion: A Steinian Contribution to Moral Debate

Reviews
Reviews
  • This book is a tour de force. William Tullius tells a story that not only gives the key pieces of Stein’s moral theory, but also places her thought within broader European ethical conversations. The drama moves from a Kantian separation of ethical and anthropological argument into Stein’s full-bodied and holistic theory which reunites what Kant separated and makes key steps forward in phenomenological ethics and value theory. Tullius ably draws from the scope of Stein’s writings, making clear that she is a moral theorist to be reckoned with. Those for whom ethical questions are paramount and those for whom the phenomenological tradition is compelling will find here a readable and rigorously articulated account of Stein’s distinct contributions to ethical conversations.


    — Sarah Borden Sharkey, Wheaton College


    William Tullius’ study expertly chronicles the development of Edith Stein’s moral philosophy from its personalist foundation to its larger metaphysical framework and, ultimately, to its focus on the good and the divine. Growing interest in Stein’s ethics has resulted in a series of compelling works, but this book is the first to present a complete narrative and synthesis of Stein’s comprehensive ethical project. Written with great acuity and insight, Tullius’ work exposes readers to another rich, important layer of Edith’s Stein’s philosophy.


    — Antonio Calcagno, King's University College at Western University


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