K.E. Løgstrup the ethical demand / translated with introduction and notes by Bjørn Rabjerg and Robert Stern.
| Author/creator | Løgstrup, K. E. |
| Other author | Rabjerg, Bjørn. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020. |
| Description | liv, 239 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Etiske fordring. English |
| Series | Selected works of K.E. Løgstrup |
| Abstract | "This book concerns the nature and basis for the fundamental ethical relation between human beings. Beginning from the fundamental example of trust, it is argued that this relation arises from our interdependence and mutual vulnerability, which then gives us power over the lives of other people. It claimed that in this situation, there arises a demand to care for the other person. This demand is characterised as silent, radical, one-sided, and unfulfillable, as it cannot be satisfied by just doing what the other asks; requires us to act unselfishly; is non-reciprocal; and should not be experienced as a demand. As a result, the demand is distinguished from ordinary social norms, which lack these characteristics, though it is argued that there is a relation between these two levels, as legitimate social norms should 'refract' the ethical demand. It is also argued that in order to make sense of a demand of this sort, we must see 'life as a gift', rather than treating ourselves as the sovereign grounds for our own existence. In understanding the ethical demand in this way, it is suggested, we can make sense of Jesus's proclamation to love our neighbour in purely human terms, though at the same time we may have to go beyond a scientific picture which operates with a clear distinction between fact and values, and treats determinism as basis for rejecting moral responsibility"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Minimal Level Cataloging Plus. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019951968 |
| ISBN | 9780198855989 (hardback) |
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