Radical Responsibility For The Other

An Ethical Appraisal of Emmanuel Levinas

Ethics has been regarded as scientific treatment of the moral orders it concerns itself with what ought to be executed or with the order of acts which are human and reasonable directing the activities of the wall ethics prescribes norms or rules for human activities and show how according to these norms a person ought to direct ones actions but a new understanding of ethics has been initiated by Emmanuel Levinas the Lithuanian born French Jewish philosopher this book portrays how Levinas visualizes ethics referring to the face to face or ethical relation to the human others this book describes systematically how Levinas presents us with a most unusual conception of ethics as based on the radical asymmetry responsibility the author analytically gives Levinas account of ethics as not a quest for perfection or personal accomplishment but a prophetic witness claiming the responsibility to the others.

Isbn / Product Code - 9788170865995

Dimensions - 14 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm

Printed Pages - 208 pages

Format - Paperback

Year Of Publication - 2010

Publisher - ATC Publishers

Author - Sekar Sebastin