On Separation as the Condition for All Existential Ethics

The solitary nucleus of the Kierkegaardian subject reduced existential selfhood from its very beginnings to an atomistic and Eleatic position. I wish to contend that this isolated self may not be easily reduced to an amoral self. Rather, this irreducibility or separation of the subject establishes t...

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Published in:Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
Main Author: Verstrynge, Karl (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2016
In: Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
TJ Modern history
VA Philosophy
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Summary:The solitary nucleus of the Kierkegaardian subject reduced existential selfhood from its very beginnings to an atomistic and Eleatic position. I wish to contend that this isolated self may not be easily reduced to an amoral self. Rather, this irreducibility or separation of the subject establishes the condition for any ethical demand. Even though this claim may finally reach beyond Kierkegaard, I argue that it provides us with a basis for all existential ethics.
ISSN:1612-9792
Contains:In: Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2016-0108