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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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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

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. 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.

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

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