Catherine Chalier – författare

Is it possible to apply a theoretical approach to ethics? The French philosopher Catherine Chalier addresses this question with an unusual combination of traditional ethics and continental philosophy. In a powerful argument for the necessity of moral reflection, Chalier counters the notion that morality can be derived from theoretical knowledge. Chalier analyzes the positions of two great moral philosophers, Kant and Levinas. While both are critical of an ethics founded on knowledge, their criticisms spring from distinctly different points of view. Chalier reexamines their conclusions, pitting Levinas against (and with) Kant, to interrogate the very foundations of moral philosophy and moral imperatives. She provides a clear, systematic comparison of their positions on essential ideas such as free will, happiness, freedom, and evil. Although based on a close and elegant presentation of Kant and Levinas, Chalier's book serves as a context for the development of the author's own reflections on the question "What am I supposed to do?" and its continued importance for contemporary philosophy.

Is it possible to apply a theoretical approach to ethics? The French philosopher Catherine Chalier addresses this question with an unusual combination of traditional ethics and continental philosophy. In a powerful argument for the necessity of moral reflection, Chalier counters the notion that morality can be derived from theoretical knowledge. Chalier analyzes the positions of two great moral philosophers, Kant and Levinas. While both are critical of an ethics founded on knowledge, their criticisms spring from distinctly different points of view. Chalier reexamines their conclusions, pitting Levinas against (and with) Kant, to interrogate the very foundations of moral philosophy and moral imperatives. She provides a clear, systematic comparison of their positions on essential ideas such as free will, happiness, freedom, and evil. Although based on a close and elegant presentation of Kant and Levinas, Chalier's book serves as a context for the development of the author's own reflections on the question "What am I supposed to do?" and its continued importance for contemporary philosophy.

Emmanuel Levinas: las potencias del infinito es el resultado de diversas meditaciones llevadas a cabo por un grupo de expertos conocedores de la obra del filósofo de la alteridad en el marco del proyecto "Justicia y derechos humanos de Totalidad e infinito a De otro modo que ser en Emmanuel Levinas". Tales meditaciones fueron elaboradas a lo largo de dos años de trabajo de donde el lector podrá experimentar una inmersión profunda en las lecturas más importantes y de mayor originalidad del pensamiento del filósofo lituano. Son lecturas provocativas que, en el fondo, no tienen otra orientación sino la de cuidar el pensar levinasiano aportando novedosas miradas a la obra del filósofo del rostro. Tales miradas no sólo se cruzan, sino que se auxilian con la finalidad de reencontrarnos con los problemas fundamentales de nuestro presente: ¿Cómo pensar la justicia, la paz y la dignidad humana en medio de un mundo que ha banalizado el mal, el horror, la codicia y la corrupción desde el interior de una cultura de nerviosismo hedonista, de melancolía efímera y de miedos sin apoyo? ¿Podemos revitalizar los derechos humanos frente a una sociedad que celebra diariamente la muerte metafísica de Dios como una fiesta perpetua donde sus participantes ya no son capaces de experimentar la vulnerabilidad del rostro humano como una obligación a la máxima responsabilidad? Estas y otras muchas preguntas recorren de punta a punta los textos vertidos en este libro que, estamos seguros, dará mucho que pensar.