Love for humans: Morality as the heart of Kierkegaard’s religious philosophy

Sharon Krishek

doi:10.4324/9780429198571-11

Love for humans: Morality as the heart of Kierkegaard’s religious philosophy

Sharon Krishek^*

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Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

Being primarily a religious philosopher, Kierkegaard is often taken to promote the relationship of the ‘single individual’ with God, at the expense of the individual’s relationship with the human other. By considering three of Kierkegaard’s cardinal essays—Fear and Trembling, Works of Love, and The Sickness unto Death—as complementing each other, in this chapter I wish to argue to the contrary, and delineate the way that for Kierkegaard being religious in fact depends on loving humans.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Kierkegaardian Mind
Editors	Patrick Stokes
Publisher	Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Pages	122-132
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429583926
ISBN (Print)	9781138092716
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429198571-11
State	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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Name	Routledge Philosophical Minds

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© 2019 selection and editorial matter, Adam Buben, Eleanor Helms, and Patrick Stokes; individual chapters, the contributors.

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