Love's Grateful Striving: A Commentary on Kierkegaard's Works of Love

by M. Jamie Ferreira

Book Overview

Soren Kierkegaard's Works of Love (1847), a series of deliberations on the commandment to love one's neighbor, has often been condemned by critics. Here, Ferreira seeks to rehabilitate Works of Love as one of Kierkegaard's most important works. He shows that Kierkegaard's deliberations on love are highly relevant to some important themes in contemporary ethics, including impartiality, duty, equality, mutuality, reciprocity, self-love, sympathy, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195130251
• ISBN13: 9780195130256
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.5"