Hope, Trust, and Forgiveness: Essays in Finitude

by John T. Lysaker

Book Overview

A new ethics of human finitude developed through three experimental essays.

As ethical beings, we strive for lives that are meaningful and praiseworthy. But we are finite. We do not know, so we hope. We need, so we trust. We err, so we forgive. In this book, philosopher John T. Lysaker draws our attention to the ways in which these three capacities--hope, trust, and forgiveness--contend with human limits. Each experience is vital to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226827917
• ISBN13: 9780226827919
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"