Abstract
This chapter examines how Kierkegaard’s conception of faith substantiates a conception of love as a moral phenomenon. Analyzing faith as an existential position—namely, as a way of existence that fully accommodates the implications of existing in time—I demonstrate the significance of faith for love. I claim that faith, existentially understood, addresses successfully the threats to morality that love might entail—that is, selfishness and partiality—and that it does so by serving either as a model for love or, more strongly, as a condition for it.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy |
| Editors | Adrienne M. Martin |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 252-263 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315645209 |
| State | Published - 2019 |