The Cambridge Introduction to Emmanuel Levinas Quotes

“Indeed, language, thought, and discourse are not what is most basic and determinative about human life as social and interpersonal. To say that ethics is more primary than philosophy is also to say that praxis is more primary than theory and that acting on behalf of the needs of other persons is more important, more basic, and more the point of being human than thinking about them or even following rules aimed at them or their well-being. Caring for you is the most human thing I can do, and a world in which I act toward you by acknowledging, accepting, and aiding you is best, enriched by my act and the acts of everyone who acts similarly.”
― Michael L. Morgan, The Cambridge Introduction to Emmanuel Levinas

“come to the rescue of ethics in a number of ways. One response, to the criticism of the logical positivists, was to interpret moral vocabulary in terms of human responses, in particular attitudes of attraction and endorsement”
― Michael L. Morgan, The Cambridge Introduction to Emmanuel Levinas