Paul van Tongeren is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Ethical Theory at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Special Professor of Ethics at the Institute of Philosophy in Leuven, Belgium; and Associate Researcher at the University of Pretoria, South AfricaThomas Heij studied philosophy at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and works as editor at the Nexus Institute

• INTRODUCTIONArtI. ETHICS AND MEANINGAttentionII HERMENEUTICS AND EXPERIENCERelationsIII VIRTUE AND PHILOSOPHY OF LIFELoveIV GREEK AND CHRISTIANPatienceV NIETZSCHE AND/OR ARISTOTLEShameVI VIRTUE ETHICS IN A DISENCHANTED WORLDAphorisms

Ambitious in scope, clearly written, and accessible to both academics and laymen, Paul van Tongeren’s proposed ‘hermeneutical ethics’ ventures to construct a modern virtue ethics for a secular world in tension with its own meaninglessness, while still respecting alternative ethical theories as interpretations of unique aspects of moral experience.