Kierkegaard and the 'teleological suspension of the ethical'

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 5 (1-4):305-317 (1962)
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This article discusses the claim made by Kierkegaard in Fear and Trembling that the story of Abraham involves a ?teleological suspension of the ethical?. It tries to show that this claim is intelligible and plausible when considered within the context of a philosophical position which views morality as a system of duties

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Kierkegaard and the limits of the ethical.Anthony Rudd - 1993 - New York: Oxford University Press.
What is the ethical in fear and trembling?Bruce Russell - 1975 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 18 (3):337 – 343.

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Two concepts of rules.John Rawls - 1955 - Philosophical Review 64 (1):3-32.
Fear and trembling.Søren Kierkegaard - 1939 - Garden City, N.Y.,: Doubleday. Edited by Søren Kierkegaard.
Fear and trembling.Søren Kierkegaard - 1986 - New York: Cambridge University Press. Edited by C. Stephen Evans & Sylvia Walsh.

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