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The Ethical Demand (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198855989)
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xThe Ethical Demand (1956) by K. E. L gstrup is one of the great works of modern moral philosophy: it is presented here in a new translation with introduction and notes. L gstrup puts forward his distinctive view concerning our vulnerability to each other and what this requires of us in
response. He starts by considering Jesus's 'proclamation' to love your neighbour and how this can be understood in 'purely human terms' as relating to basic features of our existence. Reflecting on the phenomenon of trust, L gstrup emphasizes the fundamental interdependence of human life and how
this gives rise to an 'ethical demand' on us to care for the other, which he characterizes as radical, silent, one-sided, and unfulfillable. In order to make sense of a demand of this sort, L gstrup argues, we must see 'life as a gift', rather than treating ourselves as the sovereign grounds for our
own existence. He contrasts this demand to social norms, which are often reciprocal in this way, and argues that while such norms are changeable, the ethical demand itself is absolute. L gstrup therefore makes a fundamental contribution to our understanding of the nature of-and basis for-our
obligations to each other. In this critical edition, L gstrup's original text is accurately rendered into readable English and paired with an introduction which explains the main themes and wider context of the work.
Author: K. E. Lstrup
ISBN-10: 0198855982
ISBN-13: 9780198855989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2020
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2021
response. He starts by considering Jesus's 'proclamation' to love your neighbour and how this can be understood in 'purely human terms' as relating to basic features of our existence. Reflecting on the phenomenon of trust, L gstrup emphasizes the fundamental interdependence of human life and how
this gives rise to an 'ethical demand' on us to care for the other, which he characterizes as radical, silent, one-sided, and unfulfillable. In order to make sense of a demand of this sort, L gstrup argues, we must see 'life as a gift', rather than treating ourselves as the sovereign grounds for our
own existence. He contrasts this demand to social norms, which are often reciprocal in this way, and argues that while such norms are changeable, the ethical demand itself is absolute. L gstrup therefore makes a fundamental contribution to our understanding of the nature of-and basis for-our
obligations to each other. In this critical edition, L gstrup's original text is accurately rendered into readable English and paired with an introduction which explains the main themes and wider context of the work.
Author: K. E. Lstrup
ISBN-10: 0198855982
ISBN-13: 9780198855989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2020
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2021
By K. E. Lstrup
xK. E. Lstrup Bjn Rabjerg is Assistant Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at Aarhus University. He holds a PhD in Systematic Theology and an MA in Philosophy. He has worked extensively on Lstrup since 2004 and in 2013 became Head of the Lstrup Archive at Aarhus University. His most recent publications have been on Lstrup, Kierkegaard, Luther, and Knausg蚌d. Robert Stern is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, where he has worked since 1989. He was previously a student and then Junior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He has published extensively on Kant, Hegel, and transcendental arguments, as well as on accounts of moral obligation. He recently published the first academic monograph in English on Lstrup, entitled The Radical Demand in Lstrup's Ethics (Oxford 2019).
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