Description: Looks at Ricoeur's writings on love and justice, prominent toward the end of his life, and how these serve as an interpretive key to his thought as a whole.
Brief description: W. David Hall is Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Centre College and coeditor (with John Wall and William Schweiker) of Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought.
Review Quotes:
"...offers a well-argued and illuminating discussion of Ricoeur's ethical project ... Hall's substantial contribution to Ricoeurian scholarship is especially relevant for readers interested in Ricoeur's theological ethics, ethical hermeneutics, and dialectics of experience." -- Conversations in Religion and Theology
"Hall draws out insights on ethics, selfhood, and a host of other topics from Ricoeur's entire career, making this a worthwhile book for theologians and philosophers interested in hermeneutics, phenomenology, and related subjects." -- Religious Studies Review
"W. David Hall offers a finely textured portrayal of Paul Ricoeur's writings as a thematic unity of hermeneutical phenomenology, philosophical anthropology, and theological poetics. Of singular importance is the author's sustained argument that Ricoeur's theological texts provide an often overlooked context for understanding his wider philosophical project." -- Calvin O. Schrag, author of Convergence amidst Difference: Philosophical Conversations across National Boundaries