Making ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
TítuloMaking ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
Autor
Call number940.5318/0361
Número del objeto07499i
Lugar de publicaciónNew York, New York, United States
EditorialPalgrave Macmillan
Año de publicación
2009
Paginaciónpp133-154
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780230614925
NotesArticle from the book "The double binds of ethics after the Holocaust: salvaging the fragments" pp133-154
Descripción
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