Ewolucja i osobliwość. Pojêcie prawa według Emmanuela Lévinasa
Evolution and uniqueness. The concept of law according to Emmanuel Lévinas

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the tension between ethics and law in the theory of Emmanuel Lévinas. Institutions and ethics have different relations with individuals in their “uniqueness” and “legal subjectivity”. After unmasking the ambivalence of positive law, Lévinas issued a robust appeal for laws to be anchored in civic discourse. They should also be orientated towards the pre-original rights of man. In Lévinas’s writings, the notions of justice and the “Third” become increasingly important. The author has followed that evolution and sketched the framework of a sceptical philosophy of law according to Lévinas, irrespective of his apparent predilection for unconditional ethics.

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