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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 18 June 2020

    • ISBN 9780198859048
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages158 pages
    • Size 223x144x14 mm
    • Weight 306 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This is first English edition of Ethical Concepts and Problems (1971) by the great Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905-81). Løgstrup presents key elements of his ethical and political thinking, on topics from duty, responsibility, will, and choice to cultural policy, democracy, and the right of resistance.

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    This is first English edition of Ethical Concepts and Problems (1971) by Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905-81). Originally published as a contribution to a textbook of ethics for students of theology, it propounds a philosophical ethics in continuity with Martin Luther's conception of the natural law. We find here the core idea from The Ethical Demand, that in our dealings with others we are faced with the demand that we take care of them, now conceptualized as the central tenet of an ontological ethics based on human interdependence as a fundamental condition of life. Later in his career, Løgstrup developed a conception of what he called 'the sovereign expressions of life'-spontaneous other-regarding impulses or ways of conduct such as trust, sincerity, and compassion-and these are here described and determined in their relation to the ethical demand and moral norms. Furthermore, this key text discusses a number of central ethical concepts such as duty, responsibility, will, and choice. Løgstrup also explores the relationship between love of the neighbour and politics, before finally concluding with an extensive discussion of political questions such as cultural policy, democracy, and the right of resistance. Ethical Concepts and Problems therefore offers an instructive survey of important parts of Løgstrup's ethical and political thinking, from theological issues like Luther's doctrine of the bondage of the will, to the ideas of philosophers such as Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard. In this edition Løgstrup's original text is accurately rendered into readable English and paired with an introduction which explains the main themes and wider context of the work.

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    Table of Contents:

    Translators' preface
    A chronology of Løgstrup's life
    Introduction
    Ethical Concepts and Problems
    Three Ethical Traditions
    The Ethical Demand and the Sovereign Expressions of Life
    Norm and Spontaneity
    The Ethical Demand and the Norms
    Politics and Ethics
    Duty
    Responsibility
    Choice, Will, and Freedom
    Choice, Decision, and Resolution
    Politics
    Editor's notes
    Select bibliography

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