Altruism or the Other as the Essence of Existence

A Philosophical Passage to Being Altruistic
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44838-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 363, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 814 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Studies in Existentialism, Hermeneutics, and Phenomenology

Iraklis Ioannidis offers fresh, yet radical, philosophical insights into the much contested topic of altruism. Whereas the debate on altruism, since time immemorial, consists in trying to determine whether we are biologically altruistic or not, Ioannidis explores altruism otherwise. Following Nietzsche, he traces altruism to the phenomenon of promising or giving one’s word. His analysis provokes us to think that our possibility to exist cannot be realized without this event.

Ioannidis’ passage to altruism attempts to perform altruism while exploring it. By reversing the axioms of classical phenomenology, what he calls unbracketing, he welcomes in his writing space any discourse, any human expression which could help the philosophical investigation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ioannidis, Iraklis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie

Über Autor(innen)

Iraklis (Hercules) Ioannidis, PGDE (2019), PhD (2018), is a Teacher of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Classics at Dartford Grammar School and an affiliate researcher in the Existential Network Scotland. He has published articles on Husserl’s phenomenology and on the topic of the gift.