Is it possible to apply a theoretical approach to ethics? The French philosopher Catherine Chalier addresses this question with an unusual combination of traditional ethics and continental philosophy. In a powerful argument for the necessity of moral reflection, Chalier counters the notion that morality can be derived from theoretical knowledge. Chalier analyzes the positions of two great moral philosophers, Kant and Levinas. While both are critical of an ethics founded on knowledge, their criticisms spring from distinctly different points of view. Chalier reexamines their conclusions, pitting Levinas against (and with) Kant, to interrogate the very foundations of moral philosophy and moral imperatives. She provides a clear, systematic comparison of their positions on essential ideas such as free will, happiness, freedom, and evil. Although based on a close and elegant presentation of Kant and Levinas, Chalier's book serves as a context for the development of the author's own reflections on the question "What am I supposed to do?" and its continued importance for contemporary philosophy.

What Ought I to Do?: Morality in Kant and Levinas

Politics & Social Sciences

CHALIER, Catherine

Philosophy

Cornell University Press

<p>Is it possible to apply a theoretical approach to ethics? The French philosopher Catherine Chalier addresses this question with an unusual combination of traditional ethics and continental philosophy. In a powerful argument for the necessity of moral reflection, Chalier counters the notion that morality can be derived from theoretical knowledge. </p>
<p>Chalier analyzes the positions of two great moral philosophers, Kant and Levinas. While both are critical of an ethics founded on knowledge, their criticisms spring from distinctly different points of view. Chalier reexamines their conclusions, pitting Levinas against (and with) Kant, to interrogate the very foundations of moral philosophy and moral imperatives. She provides a clear, systematic comparison of their positions on essential ideas such as free will, happiness, freedom, and evil. Although based on a close and elegant presentation of Kant and Levinas, Chalier's book serves as a context for the development of the author's own reflections on the question "What am I supposed to do?" and its continued importance for contemporary philosophy.</p>

Winner of the French Voices Award (2016) Fundamentalist readings of sacred texts of major world religions are often regarded as an ever-increasing threat to personal and democratic freedoms. Historical and critical readings, alternatively, purport to be objective and teach us to understand these texts by relating them to the past and to their authors' intentions. But while counteracting some of fundamentalism's dangers, does not this scientific refutation of such interpretations omit essential questions? Is it not likely to overlook the spirituality conveyed by the very language in which the text is written? In Reading the Torah, philosopher and Judaic studies scholar Catherine Chalier addresses these very timely issues and explains how a spiritual reading--in this case according to the Jewish tradition--leads to an understanding of aspects of these important texts that are otherwise missed.

Reading the Torah: Beyond the Fundamentalist and Scientific Approaches

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Duquesne

JUDAISME ET CHRISTIANISME - L'ECOUTE EN PARTAGE

Faessler, Marc

CERF

Témoin de l'emprise ténébreuse des idéologies qui ont présidé à tant de tragédies de ce siècle, Emmanuel Lévinas appelle à un éveil et à un dégrisement éthiques indissociables de la tâche de penser la priorité de l'autre. Pour lui, la philosophie ne peut trouver le chemin de cette orientation ultime sans se rendre attentive à la source hébraïque de la pensée. Une tension entre le mode grec de réflexion et la fidélité à la voix des prophètes anime donc son oeuvre. Ce livre montre comment elle autorise un bouleversement des concepts destinés à dire l'humain autrement.

Levinas: L'utopie de l'humain

ALBIN MICHEL

Le Rabbi de Kotzk : un hassidisme tragique

Rabbi de KOTZK

Children's Books

ARFUYEN

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