Making ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
TitreMaking ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0361
N° d'objet07499i
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
EditeurPalgrave Macmillan
Année de publication
2009
Paginationpp133-154
MatérielArticle
ISBN9780230614925
NotesArticle from the book "The double binds of ethics after the Holocaust: salvaging the fragments" pp133-154
Description
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
