Otherness and Ethics
Author | : ShinHyung Seong |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2018-09-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781532647635 |
ISBN-13 | : 1532647638 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Download or read book Otherness and Ethics written by ShinHyung Seong and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Otherness and Ethics demonstrates how Levinas and Confucius (Kongzi) develop their ideas of otherness and ethics. Most of all, the meaning of inter-subjectivity is examined in order to employ this point as this book delves into the phenomenon of face in Levinas and the significance of ren (human-relatedness) in Confucius (Kongzi). In addition, this book searches their different notions of humanity and relatedness to have a creative discourse for developing the concept of ethics of otherness as it concentrates on the formulation of ethical narratives in Levinas and Confucius (Kongzi). Thus, this book can open a possibility of building of ethics of otherness through reviewing ethical foundations of Levinas and Confucius (Kongzi) and discussing the meaning of otherness.