AFTER ONTOTHEOLOGY: RECIPROCAL, CARING, CREATIVE, AND RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS
AFTER ONTOTHEOLOGY: RECIPROCAL, CARING, CREATIVE, AND RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS
Author(s): Jim GarrisonSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: SAV - Slovenská akadémia vied - Slovenská Akadémia Vied - Kabinet výskumu sociálnej komunikácie
Keywords: Caring; ontotheology; creativity; relationships.
Summary/Abstract: With the end of ontotheology we may realize, as Dewey did, that what sustains us is our caring relationships with physical nature, biological life, and other persons. My paper argues that relationships are ontologically basic and caring relations are morally basic. Right relationship binds us to the world and holds us together. We live by the grace of others. I conclude that after ontotheology, we must seek to form reciprocal, caring, and creative relationships.
Journal: Human Affairs
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 36-43
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English