Loving More, Being Less: Reflections on Vladimir Jankélévitch’s Le paradoxe de la morale

In Le paradoxe de la morale, Vladimir Jankélévitch proposes that the moral life is a matter of balancing the demands of love, which call us to give without limit, and our natural, egoistical attachment to self, which he terms 'being'. This balancing act is ultimately paradoxical since love...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jennifer Rosato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
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Online Access:http://jffp.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jffp/article/view/637