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Levinas and the samurai: A Levinasian analysis of military ethics of serviceEmergent Australasian Philosophers 3 (1). 2010.This article discusses the theoretical implications of Emmanuel Levinas‟s philosophy upon traditional military ethics of service. Throughout the discussion Japanese Bushido is used as an example to provide a specific, practical characterization of such an ethic upon which to apply a Levinasian analysis. Levinas‟s phenomenology and his idea of “ethics as first philosophy” are briefly outlined, and then a comparison is made between these ideas and more traditional ethics relating to the military s…Read more
Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Metaphilosophy |
Aesthetics |
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Asian Philosophy |