Levinas beyond the horizons of Cartesianism
Subtitle: an inquiry into the metaphysics of morals
By: Anthony F. Beavers.
Series: American university studies, 150
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Lévinas, Emmanuel -- Ethics.; Ethics.; Other minds (Theory of knowledge); Other (Philosophy)
Description: This book presents the ethical thought of Emmanuel Levinas as the moral completion of Cartesianism. It begins by presenting Descartes' views on mind and body and the relationship between them in light of the question of how consciousness relates to a world beyond it.

Secondly, it presents a complete sketch of Levinas' ethical metaphysics showing how Levinas adopts many elements of Descartes' philosophy, including the idea of infinity and a philosophy of sensibility, and uses them to push Cartesianism to its moral conclusions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-145).