This book explores what anyone interested in ethics can draw from Heidegger's thinking. Heidegger argues for the radical finitude of being. But finitude is not only an ontological matter; it is also located in ethical life. Moral matters are responses to finite limit-conditions, and ethics itself is finite in its modes of disclosure, appropriation, and performance. With Heidegger's help, Lawrence Hatab argues that ethics should be understood as the contingent engagement of basic practical questions, such as how should human beings live?

"An exciting, imaginative, and significant contribution to ethics and ethical theory. Hatab writes with clarity and persuasiveness about a new approach to ethics that opens up the rich ethical implications of Heideggerian philosophy. Highly recommended." - CHOICE

"This book is refreshingly unencumbered by the postmodern stylistic peculiarities that have infected so much recent secondary literature on Heidegger. It is clear that the lineaments of Hatab's Heideggerian challenge to contemporary ethical theories are sturdy enough to support a stimulating conversation with moral philosophy by which the latter will likely be enriched." - Review of Metaphysics

"Hatab's work is the first book-length treatment of the implications of Heidegger's thought for the field of contemporary ethics and social/political philosophy. Hatab's book is the first to comprehensively investigate the potential moral implications of Heidegger's project as a whole." - Philosophy in Review

"The book is both an excellent study of the implications of Heidegger's thought for ethics and a major contribution to ethical theory. Whether or not one is interested in Hedegger, Hatab's alternative to contemporary approaches to ethics should be required reading for anyone working in this field." - The Heythrop Journal