Book Title: Poetry and Ethics: Inventing Possibilities in Which We Are Moved to Action and How We Live Together
Co-editors: Andrea Grieder, Ignace Haaz
Publisher: Globethics.net
Year of Publication: 2018
Language: English
ISBN: 978-2-88931-242-9 (online), 978-2-88931-243-6 (print)
No. of Pages: 262
Abstract:
This book brings together voices from several continents to explore applied ethics through poetry. It compares how different religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions use words to heal, guide values, and shape moral action, making it relevant to philosophers, ethicists, theologians, and anthropologists worldwide.
The first part presents original poems by twelve authors from four continents, expressing ethical emotions and questions about what grounds human values, with poetry also seen as a tool for conflict resolution. The second part offers short essays by nine authors on how poems, symbols, and metaphors influence our choices, understanding, and shared imagination.
