The ethical and the religious Roe Fremstedal

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fremstedal, Roe, 1977- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard

Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard 3033-4977

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.

Religion and ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2026

Summary:

"This Element discusses the relation between the ethical and religious as key concepts in Kierkegaard's works. Instead of viewing the ethical and religious mainly as different stages on life's way, it identifies different connections between ethical and religious considerations, reasons, and values. By discussing Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac in Fear and Trembling, it argues that – despite appearances – religion does not undermine but rather supports moral constraints. However, Kierkegaard is clear that our moral requirements exceed our natural capabilities, something that makes divine assistance morally necessary. Thus, religious belief seems supported by moral reasons. Still, we often recognize moral truth without seeing the metaphysical and theological implications of morality. Therefore, moral agents need not be religious believers, although morality nevertheless has metaphysical and theological implications if Kierkegaard is correct. Specifically, Kierkegaard seems to combine realism regarding value with the view that some moral requirements are divinely commanded"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

Introduction : traditional readings and contemporary debates

Different stages on life’s way

Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac : a religious “suspension of the ethical”?

Moral demandingness and religious ethics

Moral reasons for religious belief? The ethics of belief

The good and the divine : metaethics, realism, and God’s command

Moral epistemology versus metaphysical and theological implications

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 24, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Fremstedal, Roe, 1977- Ethical and the religious

ISBN:

9781009547574

1009547577

OCLC:

1592623680

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