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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/923825 - Postmodern ethics - The
University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of
Humanities and Social Science - In Chapter 9 we saw how Jürgen
Habermas's ethical theory epitomizes social work's modern
ethical tradition, not least his distinction between values,
ethics and morals. For Habermas, since all societies and
cultures have values, they assume the character of objective
facts that are distinguishable from ethics, the socially agreed-
upon normative requirements of a particular group or society
about what can rightfully be expected from people in that
society or group. And ethics are distinguishable from morals,
our beliefs about right and wrong. For Habermas morality is
personal and Bauman, the major proponent of a postmodern ethics,
agrees, but for different reasons. - Ethics and Value
Perspectives in Social Work p. 120-131 - Palgrave Macmillan -
Resource Type - book chapter