THE SELF AND THE OTHER IN LEVINAS AND SPINOZA

Emmanuel Levinas in his ethics elucidates his key concept of the other-directed self by opposing it to the wholly self-interested self, as he interprets it, in the ethics of Baruch Spinoza. However, when we consider the Spinozan self within the context of his own ethical system, we find that it also...

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Auteur principal: Adams, Don (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Dharmaram College 2018
Dans: Journal of Dharma
Année: 2018, Volume: 43, Numéro: 3, Pages: 311-320
Sujets non-standardisés:B Substitution
B Holiness
B Individual
B Virtue
B Self
B Ego
B Conatus Essendi
B Other
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Résumé:Emmanuel Levinas in his ethics elucidates his key concept of the other-directed self by opposing it to the wholly self-interested self, as he interprets it, in the ethics of Baruch Spinoza. However, when we consider the Spinozan self within the context of his own ethical system, we find that it also ultimately is other-directed, but in a manner quite distinct from that of the Levinasian self. The contrasting ethical selves of Levinas and Spinoza provide alternative models of existing ethically in the world, both of which are in insistent opposition to the modern humanist valorization of the autonomous egoistic individual as a valid ontological concept and worthwhile ethical ideal.
ISSN:0253-7222
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma