Beyond the ethical demand / K.E. Løgstrup ; introduction by Kees van Kooten Niekerk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Løgstrup, K. E. (Knud Ejler), 1905-1981.

Language:

Danish

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 173 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

English language edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2007]

Summary:

Beyond the Ethical Demand contains excerpts, translated into English, from the numerous books and essays Logstrup continued to write throughout his life. In the first essay, he engages the critical response to The Ethical Demand, clarifying, elaborating, or defending his original positions. In the next three essays, he extends his contention that we must be concerned for the other by introducing the crucial concept of "sovereign expressions of life," which are spontaneous phenomena such as trust, mercy, and sincerity that are inherently other-regarding. The last two essays connect his ethics with political life.

Contents:

Introduction / Kees van Kooten Niekerk

Rejoinder

The sovereign expressions of life

Sovereign expressions of life, the golden rule, character traits, and norms

Norms and expressions of life

Politics and ethics

Expressions of life and ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268034078

0268034079

OCLC:

157023271