Love for humans: Morality as the heart of Kierkegaard’s religious philosophy

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

Abstract

Being primarily a religious philosopher, Kierkegaard is often taken to promote the relationship of the ‘single individual’ with God, at the expense of the individual’s relationship with the human other. By considering three of Kierkegaard’s cardinal essays—Fear and Trembling, Works of Love, and The Sickness unto Death—as complementing each other, in this chapter I wish to argue to the contrary, and delineate the way that for Kierkegaard being religious in fact depends on loving humans.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Kierkegaardian Mind
EditorsPatrick Stokes
Pages122-132
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9780429583926
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019

Publication series

NameRoutledge Philosophical Minds

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Arts and Humanities

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Love for humans: Morality as the heart of Kierkegaard’s religious philosophy'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this