Ricoeur's Early Ethical Philosophy - 9781666950939

Ricoeur's Early Ethical PhilosophyExplorations of Responsibility and Hope\nAuthor(s): Leovino Madriaga Garcia\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781666950939, 978-1666950939\nSynopsis\nUsing the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.\n\nBy focusing on the early essays and early mature worksincluding the Philosophy of the Will volumes: Freedom and Nature, Fallible Man, and The Symbolism of EvilLeovino Garcia shows that Ricoeurs 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.