Beyond the Ethical Demand - Couverture souple

Løgstrup, Knud Ejler

 
9780268034078: Beyond the Ethical Demand
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0268034079 ISBN 13 : 9780268034078
Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2007

Synopsis

The Danish theologian-philosopher K. E. Løgstrup is second in reputation in his homeland only to Søren Kierkegaard. He is best known outside Europe for his The Ethical Demand, first published in Danish in 1956 and published in an expanded English translation in 1997.

Beyond the Ethical Demand contains excerpts, translated into English for the first time, from the numerous books and essays Løgstrup continued to write throughout his life. In the first essay, he engages the critical response to The Ethical Demand, clarifying, elaborating, or defending his original positions. In the next three essays, he extends his contention that human ethics "demands" that we are concerned for the other by introducing the crucial concept of "sovereign expressions of life." Like Levinas, Løgstrup saw in the phenomenon of "the other" the ground for his ethics. In his later works he developed this concept of "the sovereign expressions of life," spontaneous phenomena such as trust, mercy, and sincerity that are inherently other-regarding. The last two essays connect his ethics with political life.

Interest in Løgstrup in the English-speaking academic community continues to grow, and these important original sources will be essential tools for scholars exploring the further implications of his ethics and phenomenology.

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À propos des auteurs

Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905-1981) was professor of ethics and philosophy of religion at the University of Aarhus until his retirement in 1975. He is the author of numerous books in Danish. English translations of central texts from other ethical works by Løgstrup are available in Beyond the Ethical Demand (University of Notre Dame Press, 2007).



Kees van Kooten Niekerk is associate professor of bioethics at the University of Aarhus.

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Éditeur
University of Notre Dame Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0268034079
ISBN 13 
9780268034078
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
208
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Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2022
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