Leovino Madriaga Garcia teaches philosophy at the Jesuit Ateneo de Manila University’s School of Humanities, Ateneo’s Loyola School of Theology, and the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas’s (UST) Graduate School.

A profound and stimulating exploration of the creative interplay between responsibility and hope in Ricoeur's Philosophy of the Will and early social-political writings

• Foreword by George H. TaylorAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Philosophical Exploration of Paul RicoeurChapter 1. Ricoeur’s Philosophical ExplorationPart II: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur’s Philosophy of the WillIntroduction to Part II: Methodological PerspectivesChapter 2: Eidetics of the Will: A Phenomenological-Existential Description of the Fundamental Possibilities of Being HumanChapter 3: Empirics of the Will: A Transcendental Analysis of Human FallibilityChapter 4: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Reflection on the Avowal of Human FaultPart III: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur’s Early Social-Political WritingsIntroduction to Part IIIChapter 5: Ricoeur’s Critique of Civilization and CultureChapter 6: Ricoeur’s Reflection on the Christian and SocietyChapter 7: Ricoeur’s View on Politics and the StateConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Leovino Madriaga Garcia teaches philosophy at the Jesuit Ateneo de Manila University’s School of Humanities, Ateneo’s Loyola School of Theology, and the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas’s (UST) Graduate School.

A profound and stimulating exploration of the creative interplay between responsibility and hope in Ricoeur's Philosophy of the Will and early social-political writings

• Foreword by George H. TaylorAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Philosophical Exploration of Paul RicoeurChapter 1. Ricoeur’s Philosophical ExplorationPart II: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur’s Philosophy of the WillIntroduction to Part II: Methodological PerspectivesChapter 2: Eidetics of the Will: A Phenomenological-Existential Description of the Fundamental Possibilities of Being HumanChapter 3: Empirics of the Will: A Transcendental Analysis of Human FallibilityChapter 4: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Reflection on the Avowal of Human FaultPart III: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur’s Early Social-Political WritingsIntroduction to Part IIIChapter 5: Ricoeur’s Critique of Civilization and CultureChapter 6: Ricoeur’s Reflection on the Christian and SocietyChapter 7: Ricoeur’s View on Politics and the StateConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Leovino Madriaga Garcia teaches philosophy at the Jesuit Ateneo de Manila University’s School of Humanities, Ateneo’s Loyola School of Theology, and the Royal and Pontifical University of Santo Tomas’s (UST) Graduate School.

A profound and stimulating exploration of the creative interplay between responsibility and hope in Ricoeur's Philosophy of the Will and early social-political writings

• Foreword by George H. TaylorAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Philosophical Exploration of Paul RicoeurChapter 1. Ricoeur’s Philosophical ExplorationPart II: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur’s Philosophy of the WillIntroduction to Part II: Methodological PerspectivesChapter 2: Eidetics of the Will: A Phenomenological-Existential Description of the Fundamental Possibilities of Being HumanChapter 3: Empirics of the Will: A Transcendental Analysis of Human FallibilityChapter 4: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Reflection on the Avowal of Human FaultPart III: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur’s Early Social-Political WritingsIntroduction to Part IIIChapter 5: Ricoeur’s Critique of Civilization and CultureChapter 6: Ricoeur’s Reflection on the Christian and SocietyChapter 7: Ricoeur’s View on Politics and the StateConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author