Ricoeur's Early Ethical Philosophy

Explorations of Responsibility and Hope

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Ricoeur's Early Ethical Philosophy

Explorations of Responsibility and Hope

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Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.

By focusing on the early essays and early mature works-including the Philosophy of the Will volumes: Freedom and Nature, Fallible Man, and The Symbolism of Evil-Leovino Garcia shows that Ricoeur's entire orientation is primarily ethical in that it awakens in us the power to exist creatively. Ricoeur brings the Joy of the Yes to the sadness of the finite, the passion for the possible to the resignation to necessity, and the vehemence of the primary affirmation to the radical negation.

Table of Contents

Foreword by George H. Taylor
Acknowledgments

Introduction
Part I: The Philosophical Exploration of Paul Ricoeur
Chapter 1. Ricoeur's Philosophical Exploration

Part II: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur's Philosophy of the Will
Introduction to Part II: Methodological Perspectives
Chapter 2: Eidetics of the Will: A Phenomenological-Existential Description of the Fundamental Possibilities of Being Human
Chapter 3: Empirics of the Will: A Transcendental Analysis of Human Fallibility
Chapter 4: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Reflection on the Avowal of Human Fault

Part III: The Meaning of Being Human in Ricoeur's Early Social-Political Writings
Introduction to Part III
Chapter 5: Ricoeur's Critique of Civilization and Culture
Chapter 6: Ricoeur's Reflection on the Christian and Society
Chapter 7: Ricoeur's View on Politics and the State

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 18 Sep 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9781666950939
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Series Studies in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Leovino Madriaga Garcia

Leovino Madriaga Garcia teaches philosophy at the…

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