• Postmodern Ethics Bauman

Zygmunt Bauman is a world-renowned sociologist, known for his recent groundbreaking work in social theory. His book Modernity and the Holocaust won the distinguished Amalfi prize for the best sociology book of 1989. He is also the author of Postmodern Ethics (Blackwell, 1993), Life in Fragments: Essays in Postmodern Morality (Blackwell, 1995), Liquid Modernity (Polity, 2000) and Individualized Society (Polity, 2000).Tim May is Professor of Sociology at the University of Salford. He is the author of Social Research: Issues, Methods, and Process (third edition, 2001); Situating Social Theory (1996) and editor of Qualitative Research in Action (2002); co-author, with Malcolm Williams, of Introduction to the Philosophy of Social Research (1996), with whom he also co-edited Knowing the Social World (1998).

Much thanks to Wilely Kersh and Tim Hare for help in researching and editing this article:In the modern age many people within Western society have been moving toward a postmodern/deconstruction ethical system. While this move has taken place predominately in secular society, it has begun to seep into the Christian belief system as well. Through the writings of people like Peter Rollins and John Caputo, the postmodern ethic is becoming mainstream among many within Christianity.

Postmodern Ethics Bauman

This system of thought (though many proponents would deny it is a system) has its roots in the writings of Nietzsche and has been popularized through various cultural mediums. Ultimately, postmodern ethics is an extremely illogical ethical system that is self-contradictory and one that does not fit within the Christian ethical system.Before explaining the dangers of postmodern ethics, one must first understand what is meant by the term “postmodern ethics.” The difficulty in such a task, however, is enormous. The reason for this is that postmodernity, by its nature, attempts to avoid any systematic approach to any issue, thus making a systematic definition of postmodernism near impossible. However, there are some traits to postmodern ethics that one can rely upon in order to get a general idea of what the term refers to.