Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Løgstrup, Knud Ejler (1905-1981)
Titre(s) : The ethical demand [Texte imprimé] / K.E. Løgstrup ; translated with introduction and notes by Bjørn Rabjerg and Robert Stern
Traduction de : Den etiske fordring
Titre d'ensemble : Selected works of K.E. Løgstrup
Lien au titre d'ensemble : Appartient à : Selected works of K.E. Løgstrup
Publication : Oxford ; New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (liv-239 p.) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [235]. Notes bibliogr. Index
Traduit du dannois
The Ethical Demand (1956) by K.E. Logstrup is one of the great works of modern moral
philosophy: it is presented here in a new translation with introduction and notes.
Logstrup 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, Logstrup
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 this0sort,
Logstrup 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. Logstrup therefore makes a fundamental contribution
to our understanding of the nature of-and basis for-our obligations to each other.
In this critical edition, Logstrup'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
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Rabjerg, Bjørn. Éditeur scientifique
Stern, Robert (1962-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Morale
Philosophie chrétienne
Indice(s) Dewey :
170 (20e éd.) = Ethique (philosophie morale)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0198855982. - ISBN 9780198855989. - ISBN 9780191889561 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45852261t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45852261
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Table des matières : The fact from which the silent demand arises ; Mediation ; The radicality of the
demand and the social norms ; The changeability of the social norms ; Is there a
Christian ethics? ; Antagonism towards the one-sided demand ; Is the radical demand
destructive on account of its radical character? ; Making compromises with the demand
; The ethical decision ; Science and ethics ; Poetry and ethics ; The unfulfillability
of the demand and the proclamation of Jesus ; Polemical epilogue.
