One of the key concepts in recent moral debates is respect. The paper establishes the thesis that... more One of the key concepts in recent moral debates is respect. The paper establishes the thesis that respect must first be understood as a responsive deontic demand. This occurs if beyond a universalisation of the practical law it keeps open the connection to the various pronominal versions and is shaped as response to a call which does not follow classical schemes of mere reciprocity but which takes into account the asymmetry of the other. For this reason main accounts of respect in contexts of human dignity (Immanuel Kant, Axel Honneth, Rainer Forst and others) are questioned in the horizon of the philosophy of Bernhard Waldenfels.
Was ist Würde? In 241 Beiträgen bringt das „Wörterbuch der Würde“ Transparenz in die vielfältigen... more Was ist Würde? In 241 Beiträgen bringt das „Wörterbuch der Würde“ Transparenz in die vielfältigen Argumentationen und Diskurse eines zentralen Begriffs der Gegenwart: von der Antike bis zum 21. Jahrhundert und von Achtung bis Zweck. Als Referenzwerk bietet das Buch Hinweise für weitere Analysen, verzeichnet ideengeschichtliche Entwicklungen, erläutert Leitbegriffe und Theorien sowie zugehörige Problemfelder. Die Ideengeschichte von Platon bis Marx wird dabei ebenso nachgezeichnet wie die Relevanz des Begriffs in modernen Theorien (z.B. Ricoeur, Rawls, Luhmann) und in aktuellen Praxisfeldern (z.B. Biowissenschaft, Medizin, Tierschutz, Medien oder Wirtschaft).
Philosophische Herausforderungen der angewandten Ethik und Gesundheitswissenschaften/ Philosophical Challenges of Applied Ethics and Health Sciences, 2020
One of the key concepts in recent moral debates is respect. The paper establishes the thesis that... more One of the key concepts in recent moral debates is respect. The paper establishes the thesis that respect must first be understood as a responsive deontic demand. This occurs if beyond a universalisation of the practical law it keeps open the connection to the various pronominal versions and is shaped as response to a call which does not follow classical schemes of mere reciprocity but which takes into account the asymmetry of the other. For this reason main accounts of respect in contexts of human dignity (Immanuel Kant, Axel Honneth, Rainer Forst and others) are questioned in the horizon of the philosophy of Bernhard Waldenfels.
Was ist Würde? In 241 Beiträgen bringt das „Wörterbuch der Würde“ Transparenz in die vielfältigen... more Was ist Würde? In 241 Beiträgen bringt das „Wörterbuch der Würde“ Transparenz in die vielfältigen Argumentationen und Diskurse eines zentralen Begriffs der Gegenwart: von der Antike bis zum 21. Jahrhundert und von Achtung bis Zweck. Als Referenzwerk bietet das Buch Hinweise für weitere Analysen, verzeichnet ideengeschichtliche Entwicklungen, erläutert Leitbegriffe und Theorien sowie zugehörige Problemfelder. Die Ideengeschichte von Platon bis Marx wird dabei ebenso nachgezeichnet wie die Relevanz des Begriffs in modernen Theorien (z.B. Ricoeur, Rawls, Luhmann) und in aktuellen Praxisfeldern (z.B. Biowissenschaft, Medizin, Tierschutz, Medien oder Wirtschaft).
Philosophische Herausforderungen der angewandten Ethik und Gesundheitswissenschaften/ Philosophical Challenges of Applied Ethics and Health Sciences, 2020
Addressing Levinas, edited with Antje Kapust and Kent Still, 2005
Table of Contents and Nelson and Kapust, Preface
An international group of scholars on a ... more Table of Contents and Nelson and Kapust, Preface An international group of scholars on a corpus becoming increasingly central to contemporary continental philosophy and ethics. At a time of great and increasing interest in the work of Emmanuel Levinas, this volume draws readers into what Levinas described as "philosophy itself"--"a discourse always addressed to another." Thus the philosopher himself provides the thread that runs through these essays on his writings, a thread guided by the importance of the fact of being addressed--the significance of the Saying which is much more than the Said. The authors, leading Levinas scholars and interpreters from across the globe, explore the philosopher's relationship to a wide range of intellectual traditions, including theology, philosophy of culture, Jewish thought, phenomenology and the history of philosophy. They also engage Levinas's contribution to ethics, politics, law, justice, psychoanalysis and epistemology, among other themes. In their radical singularity, these essays reveal the inalienable alterity at the heart of Levinas's ethics. At the same time, each essay remains open to the others, and to the perspectives and positions they advocate. Thus the volume, in its quality and diversity, enacts an authentic encounter with Levinas's thought, embodying an intellectual ethics by virtue of its style. Bringing together contributions from philosophy, theology, literary theory, gender studies, and political theory, this book offers a deeper and more thorough encounter with Levinas's ethics. It shows readers a productive approach to a body of work that is becoming increasingly central to contemporary continental philosophy and ethics.
"Emmanuel Levinas is today generally recognized to be one of the most important European thinkers of the twentieth century. If one wished to read a single volume to get a sense of the range and depth of contemporary criticism on this major, indispensable figure, Addressing Levinas would have to be it. This outstanding collection of essays brings together many of the best-known commentators on Levinas’s work—as well as some of his finest translators into English—on a variety of essential topics, from Levinas’s original reinterpretation of ethics, ontology, and phenomenology (for example, his analyses of the face, the Other, and death) to his important but often neglected political works, his rich Talmudic readings, and his suggestive if sometimes problematic relation to psychoanalysis and questions of sexual difference. Addressing Levinas is a collection wholly worthy of its most eminent and, sadly, now silent addressee." — Michael Naas, Professor of Philosophy, DePaul University
"Given the rapidly growing interest in Levinas, this volume has to be seen as an important contribution. Addressing Levinas gathers together the best-known scholars working today in French thought. Frequently reflecting on contemporary events, these essays demonstrate that Levinas's thought is not only appropriate but more than ever trenchant." — Leonard Lawlor, Faudree-Hardin University Professor of Philosophy, The University of Memphis
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An international group of scholars on a corpus becoming increasingly central to contemporary continental philosophy and ethics.
At a time of great and increasing interest in the work of Emmanuel Levinas, this volume draws readers into what Levinas described as "philosophy itself"--"a discourse always addressed to another." Thus the philosopher himself provides the thread that runs through these essays on his writings, a thread guided by the importance of the fact of being addressed--the significance of the Saying which is much more than the Said. The authors, leading Levinas scholars and interpreters from across the globe, explore the philosopher's relationship to a wide range of intellectual traditions, including theology, philosophy of culture, Jewish thought, phenomenology and the history of philosophy. They also engage Levinas's contribution to ethics, politics, law, justice, psychoanalysis and epistemology, among other themes.
In their radical singularity, these essays reveal the inalienable alterity at the heart of Levinas's ethics. At the same time, each essay remains open to the others, and to the perspectives and positions they advocate. Thus the volume, in its quality and diversity, enacts an authentic encounter with Levinas's thought, embodying an intellectual ethics by virtue of its style. Bringing together contributions from philosophy, theology, literary theory, gender studies, and political theory, this book offers a deeper and more thorough encounter with Levinas's ethics. It shows readers a productive approach to a body of work that is becoming increasingly central to contemporary continental philosophy and ethics.
"Emmanuel Levinas is today generally recognized to be one of the most important European thinkers of the twentieth century. If one wished to read a single volume to get a sense of the range and depth of contemporary criticism on this major, indispensable figure, Addressing Levinas would have to be it. This outstanding collection of essays brings together many of the best-known commentators on Levinas’s work—as well as some of his finest translators into English—on a variety of essential topics, from Levinas’s original reinterpretation of ethics, ontology, and phenomenology (for example, his analyses of the face, the Other, and death) to his important but often neglected political works, his rich Talmudic readings, and his suggestive if sometimes problematic relation to psychoanalysis and questions of sexual difference. Addressing Levinas is a collection wholly worthy of its most eminent and, sadly, now silent addressee." — Michael Naas, Professor of Philosophy, DePaul University
"Given the rapidly growing interest in Levinas, this volume has to be seen as an important contribution. Addressing Levinas gathers together the best-known scholars working today in French thought. Frequently reflecting on contemporary events, these essays demonstrate that Levinas's thought is not only appropriate but more than ever trenchant." — Leonard Lawlor, Faudree-Hardin University Professor of Philosophy, The University of Memphis