Lecture 17

Question 1

V what makes the ethical attitude childhood

Answer 1

‘just because’, religious gives further reasonign

Question 2

what does Kant think about Abraham

Answer 2

murderer

Question 3

kierkegaard vs kant regarding ethical

Answer 3

kant: ethical is supreme (Abraham was wrong)
Kierkegaard: religious > ethical (Abraham was right)

Question 4

Hegelian view of ethical

Answer 4

not moral law, but application of moral law in particular cultures

customs rather than moral law

religious person is not limited by their own culture, not the universal principles of good

Question 5

westphal suspension of ethical

Answer 5

suspension of ethical does not mean removal of ethical, ethical responsibilities are real and valid but they do not have highest claim

Question 6

what does Hegel say about ethical

Answer 6

universal

Question 7

what does Westphal think the purpose of fear and trembling is

Answer 7

identifying that which is of higher priority than ones family, community, nation etc.

Question 8

why does kraal disagree with westphal regarding his position on the universal being relative

Answer 8

1) Kierkegaard never says that Hegel is right if the ethical is the highest purpose, only that Abraham is done for
2) danish word that westphal references as custom also means ethical
3) ‘Kierkegaard throughout the text references the ethical with my nation, state, church, people, set”