Description:
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...
Brief description: Catherine Chalier is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris, Nanterre, and the author of numerous books on Levinas.
Review Quotes:
Chalier's accounts of Levinas's views draw on extensive knowledge of his works as a whole and are often exciting in scope and detail.... If you have wondered whether Levinas is a Kantian, you will find Chalier's knowledgeable book helpful for reflection on the question.
--Deborah Achtenberg, University of Nevada Reno "Review of Metaphysics"