The Paradox of Morality by Jankelevitch, Vladimir
The Paradox of Morality by Jankelevitch, Vladimir

The Paradox of Morality

The last work by "one of the most singular voices of twentieth-century French philosophy" (Critical Inquiry) on...
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Author: Vladimir Jankelevitch
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Language: English
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The Paradox of Morality by Jankelevitch, Vladimir

The Paradox of Morality

$90.60
The Paradox of Morality by Jankelevitch, Vladimir

The Paradox of Morality

$90.60
Author: Vladimir Jankelevitch
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
The last work by "one of the most singular voices of twentieth-century French philosophy" (Critical Inquiry) on the complexities of love in public and private life

Vladimir Jank?l?vitch stands alongside Emmanuel Levinas as one of the most admired French ethicists of the twentieth century, known for his work on everything from the possibility of forgiveness after the Holocaust to the philosophy of music.

In his final work, The Paradox of Morality (1981), Jank?l?vitch turns his attention to the fundamental questions of the moral life: the struggle between egoism and self-sacrifice, the question of whether pure or infinite love exists, and moral agency in the pursuit of human rights. In dialogue with philosophers from Plato to Nietzsche, Jank?l?vitch proposes that the moral life comprises an acrobatic act in which we must balance the demands of love and our responsibility to the other against our natural attachment to the self. Morality is the activity of realizing and combining, in each individual action, the maximum amount of love possible with the minimum of being. This oscillation between self and other--and between being and love--is never fixed or stable. In the end, morality is not something that exists in the world of contemplation; instead, it is the substance of what must be done here and now: created anew in each new moment.

Author: Vladimir Jankelevitch
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 02/25/2025
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780300269260

About the Author
Vladimir Jank?l?vitch (1903-1985) was a French philosopher and musicologist. His works in English translation include Forgiveness, Music and the Ineffable, and The Bad Conscience. Andrew Kelley is professor of philosophy at Bradley University and a translator of the works of Jank?l?vitch and other French philosophers.
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