Robert Stern

Workshop on “The Radical Demand in Løgstrup’s Ethics” by Robert Stern

Cropped book cover of "The Radical Demand in Logstrup's Eithics" by Rpbert Stern showing two peasants painted in a darkly lit scene
Event Date:
Sep
20
Fri
2019
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Learn more about the work of the Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905-1981), in particular about his key text titled “The Ethical Demand” (1956) from Professor Robert Stern, the author of “The Radical Demand in Løgstrup’s Ethics.” Stern offers a full account of Løgstrup’s text and situates Løgstrup’s distinctive position in relation to Kant, Kierkegaard, Levinas, Darwall and Luther.

Continental Philosophy Group Talk (Robert Stern, University of Sheffield)

Robert Stern smiling
Event Date:
Sep
19
Thu
2019
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Professor Robert Stern’s main interests in the history of philosophy are 19th-century post-Kantian German philosophy, especially Hegel. In contemporary philosophy, he focuses on epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy. His current work centres around the Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup, as well as around Martin Luther viewed from a philosophical perspective.