The ethical significance of altruistic helping is interpreted in this article from a new perspective by exploring the phenomenology of care. Care is (not) to be seen as an extraordinary moral action but rather as an ordinary form of life. It constitutes an ethical subjectivity characterized by vulnerability, mutual dependence and intimacy. Further, care is not universalistic but particularly orientated. It does not respond to the objective neediness or hardship of others but to the precarious and vulnerable position of a concrete human being. Thus, the article defends the view that a universalistic approach towards helping misses the central point which is to be seen in the fact that helping is not about benefitting the other but about building sustainable social relationships.

Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2020/1 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2020)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Klein, Rebekka A.

Schlagwörter: Moral Nächstenliebe Beziehung Hilfe Fürsorge Lebensform