Ethical Musicality addresses the crossroads between music and ethics,
combining philosophical knowledge, theoretical reflection, and practical
understanding. When tied together, music and ethics link profoundly,
offering real-life perspectives that would otherwise be inaccessible to
us. The first part elucidates music and ethics through some influential
and selected scholars ranging from Antiquity via modern philosophy
to contemporary voices. In the second part, different roles and arenas
are illustrated and explored through various music practices in real-life
encounters for the musician, the music educator, the music therapist, the
musicologist, the ‘lay’ musician, and the music researcher. The third part
unfolds an ethical musicality focusing on the body, relationship, time, and
space. Following these fundamental existentials, ethical musicality expands
our lifeworld, including context, involvement, power, responsibility,
sustainability, and hope. Such an ethical musicality meets us with a calling
to humanity—offering hope of a ‘good life’.