Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
"Into Life"
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 219-239
Keywords:
Cohen, Hermann, Criticism and interpretation
;
Rosenzweig, Franz, Criticism and interpretation
;
Jewish philosophy 20th century
;
Individuality Philosophy
;
Ethics Philosophy
Abstract:
The essay compares the respective concepts of Hermann Cohen and Franz Rosenzweig on the theme of individuality and moral agency. It starts from the assumption that Rosenzweig’s project of a “New Thinking,” prominently expressed in the Star of Redemption, is indebted to and inspired by the works of Rosenzweig’s former teacher Hermann Cohen. The essay examines the concepts of individuality and moral agency in Cohen’s ethics and philosophy of religion focusing on his reflections concerning the fellow man, the I and the notions of sin and redemption. Those conceptions are compared with Rosenzweig’s use of the same terminology. The essay shows how Rosenzweig appears to have adopted Cohen’s concepts of moral personality, integrating the Cohenian terminology into his project. At the same time, Rosenzweig proves not only to abandon its Kantian specifications, but also to invert Cohen’s notion of moral prerequisites for the discovery of the I, developing the Cohenian fundaments of his project into an account of its own right.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004468559_010
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