ESCP Europe

The author provides an analysis of the limits of ethics in the postmodern situation. He defends the notion of obligation without ethics, of responsability without the support of ethical foundations. His fundamental thesis is that ethics is without any substantial ground beyond the simple and elusive happening of obligation which the author valorizes. Ethics becomes something that is dangerous. It is shown that the dangerousness of ethics is vital, that there is no greater danger to ethics than making ethics "safe". This is, though, a minor point compared with the overall value of the work.