EPISODE · Aug 22, 2016
Episode 145: Emmanuel Levinas: Why Be Ethical?
from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer
On "Ethics as First Philosophy" (1984). More existentialist ethics, with a Jewish twist this time! Seth returns to join Mark and Wes in figuring out how to best leave off all this aggressive "knowing" and other forms of individual self-assertion to grasp the more primordial appearance of the Other in all his or her vulnerability, which Levinas thinks makes us wholly responsible for others right off the bat. End song: "To Valerie" from The MayTricks' So Chewy (1993). The post Episode 145: Emmanuel Levinas: Why Be Ethical? first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.
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