Review essay: Putting Max Weber to use

Rosenberg, M. Michael

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“…According to a recent review article, two tendencies can be detected in contemporary literature on Weber. One seeks to “correct misunderstandings, clarify misconceptions and properly locate his work in the intellectual and social context within which he lived”; the other puts an emphasis on “applying, adapting and using Weber’s concepts and ideas for understanding the contemporary world” (Rosenberg, 2016: 297). This article belongs to the latter strand.…”

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Responsibility and ultimate ends in the age of the unforeseeable: On the current relevance of Max Weber’s political ethics

Pellizzoni

2018

Journal of Classical Sociology

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Ethic of responsibility and ethic of ultimate ends are most discussed Weberian concepts. The article reflects on their heuristic value in the present. A common interpretation claims that in a rationalized society the ethic of responsibility supplants or integrates the ethic of ultimate ends. The two ethics, however, fundamentally differ according to their relationship with the unforeseeable. Moreover, contrary to the idea of a relentless rationalization of society, the unforeseeable is today gaining relevance, even ceasing to be regarded as a problem. As a result, the ethic of ultimate ends expands its scope. The article dwells on major implications of this. The enduring relevance of Weber's conceptualization, it is concluded, lies in its independence from the historical conditions in which it was formulated.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Responsibility and ultimate ends in the age of the unforeseeable: On the current relevance of Max Weber’s political ethics

Pellizzoni

2018

Journal of Classical Sociology

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Review essay: Putting Max Weber to use

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Responsibility and ultimate ends in the age of the unforeseeable: On the current relevance of Max Weber’s political ethics

Responsibility and ultimate ends in the age of the unforeseeable: On the current relevance of Max Weber’s political ethics

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