Concern for the Other
Author | : Svend Andersen |
Publisher | : University of Notre Dame Pess |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2007-12-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780268160609 |
ISBN-13 | : 0268160600 |
Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Download or read book Concern for the Other written by Svend Andersen and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2007-12-11 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Concern for the Other: The Ethics of K. E. Løgstrup, eleven scholars examine the structure, intention, and originality of Løgstrup's ethics as a whole. This collection of essays is a companion to Beyond the Ethical Demand, as well as to The Ethical Demand. The essays examine Løgstrup's crucial concept of the "sovereign expressions of life"; his view of moral principles as a substitute for, or inferior form of, ethics; his relationships to other philosophers, including the twentieth-century British moral philosophers; and the role of his Lutheran background in his ethics. Løgstrup also firmly advanced the controversial thesis, examined by several essays in this volume, that the demand for "other-concern" central to his ethics does not depend on religious faith.