Making ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
TitelMaking ethical sense of useless suffering with Levinas
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0361
Objectnummer07499i
Plaats van uitgaveNew York, New York, United States
UitgeverPalgrave Macmillan
Jaar van uitgave
2009
Pagina'spp133-154
MateriaalArtikel
ISBN9780230614925
NotesArticle from the book "The double binds of ethics after the Holocaust: salvaging the fragments" pp133-154
Beschrijving
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