Making ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
TitelMaking ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
Verfasser
Call number940.5318/0361
Inventarnummer07499i
ErscheinungsortNew York, New York, United States
VerlagPalgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Seitenpp133-154
MaterialArtikel
ISBN9780230614925
NotesArticle from the book "The double binds of ethics after the Holocaust: salvaging the fragments" pp133-154
Beschreibung
Jules Simon works out a practical application of Levinas's complex and demanding ethical theory. Traces the demand to respond with words and gestures to the suffering of the other and of even taking up the other's own responsibility or lack thereof