Between moral responsibility and postmodern disbelief : 'postmodern ethics' in the dramatic works of harold pinter

• Main Author: Fernandez, Stephen Frederick
• Other Authors: Daniel Keith Jernigan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Drama
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48003
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study examines the manifestation of ‘postmodern ethics’ in the dramatic works of Harold Pinter. Zygmunt Bauman, in his examination of ethical relations in contemporary society, defines ‘postmodern ethics’ as “morality without ethical code”. However, given the complexities associated with the id...