RT Article
T1 True self-love and true self-sacrifice
JF International journal for philosophy of religion
VO 66
IS 3
SP 125
OP 125
A1 Lippitt, John 1964-
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/182141327X
AB In recent commentary on Kierkegaard’s Works of Love, a distinction is commonly drawn between ‘proper’ and ‘selfish’ forms of self-love. In arguing that not all vices of self-focus can be captured under the heading of selfishness, I seek to distinguish selfishness from self-centredness. But the latter vice has a far more handsome cousin: proper self-focus of the kind necessary for ‘becoming a self’. As various feminist thinkers have argued, this will be missed if we valorise self-sacrifice too uncritically. But nor need the latter concept be ditched. By distinguishing varieties of self-sacrifice, we can see the importance of avoiding the all too easy slide from proper self-sacrifice to outright self-annihilation. And we can discover that this avoidance is aided by recognising a kind of pride as part of true self-love.
K1 Pride
K1 Self-centredness
K1 Selfishness
K1 Self-sacrifice
K1 Self-love
K1 Kierkegaard
DO 10.1007/s11153-009-9201-5