What is ethically demanded? : K.E. Løgstrup's philosophy of moral life / edited by Hans Fink and Robert Stern.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fink, Hans (Hans Carl), 1944- editor.

Stern, Robert, 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Løgstrup, K. E.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

xi, 368 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2017]

Summary:

This collection of essays by leading international philosophers considers central themes in the ethics of Danish philosopher Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905-1981). Løgstrup was a Lutheran theologian much influenced by phenomenology and by strong currents in Danish culture, to which he himself made important contributions. The essays in What Is Ethically Demanded? K. E. Løgstrup's Philosophy of Moral Life are divided into four sections. The first section deals predominantly with Løgstrup's relation to Kant and, through Kant, the system of morality in general. The second section focuses on how Løgstrup stands in connection with Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Levinas. The third section considers issues in the development of Løgstrup's ethics and how it relates to other aspects of his thought. The final section covers certain central themes in Løgstrup's position, particularly his claims about trust and the unfulfillability of the ethical demand. The volume includes a previously untranslated early essay by Løgstrup, "The Anthropology of Kant's Ethics," which defines some of his basic ethical ideas in opposition to Kant's. The book will appeal to philosophers and theologians with an interest in ethics and the history of philosophy. Contributors: K. E. Løgstrup, Svend Andersen, David Bugge, Svein Aage Christoffersen, Stephen Darwall, Peter Dews, Paul Faulkner, Hans Fink, Arne Grøn, Alasdair MacIntyre, Wayne Martin, Kees van Kooten Niekerk, George Pattison, Robert Stern, and Patrick Stokes.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. LØGSTRUP, KANT, AND MODERN KANTIANISM

One. The Anthropology of Kant's Ethics / K. E. Løgstrup

Two. Løgstrup on Morals and "the Sovereign Expressions of Life" / Stephen Darwall

Three. Løgstrup's Point: The Complementarity between the Ethical Demand and All Other Moral Demands / Hans Fink

II. LØGSTRUP, KIERKEGAARD, HEIDEGGER, AND LEVIN AS

Four. Løgstrup on Death, Guilt, and Existence in Kierkegaard and Heidegger / George Pattison

Five. The Configuration of the Ethical Demand in Løgstrup and Levinas / Peter Dews

Six. The Ethical Demand: Kierkegaard, Løgstrup, and Levinas / Arne Grøn

III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LØGSTRUP'S ETHICS

Seven. Kierkegaard's Demand, Transformed by Løgstrup / Svend Andersen

Eight. The Ethical Demand and Its Ontological Presuppositions / Svein Aage Christoffersen

Nine. Løgstrup's Conception of the Sovereign Expressions of Life / Kees van Kooten Niekerk

Ten. The Out-Side In-Sight: Løgstrup and Fictional Writing / David Bugge

IV. THEMES AND PROBLEMS: TRUST, DEPENDENCY, AND UNFULFILLABILITY

Eleven. Trust and the Radical Ethical Demand / Paul Faulkner

Twelve. Danish Ethical Demands and French Common Goods: Two Moral Philosophies / Alasdair MacIntyre

Thirteen. Spontaneity and Perfection: MacIntyre versus Løgstrup / Patrick Stokes

Fourteen. "Duty and Virtue Are Moral Introversions": On Løgstrup's Critique of Morality / Robert Stern

Fifteen. Løgstrup's Unfulfillable Demand / Wayne Martin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: What is ethically demanded?

ISBN:

9780268101855

026810185X

OCLC:

962253799

Publisher Number:

40026973611