Ricoeur’s Early Ethical Philosophy (Leovino Madriaga Garcia): Responsibility and Hope
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Leovino Madriaga Garcia reads Paul Ricoeur’s early philosophy through the relationship between responsibility and hope.
The book follows Freedom and Nature, Fallible Man and The Symbolism of Evil to examine willing, human limitation and the acknowledgment of fault.
Garcia explains how phenomenology and the interpretation of symbols offer different approaches to understanding human action.
He then connects these concerns with Ricoeur’s early essays on civilization, Christian social responsibility, politics and the state.
The central question is how an honest account of human fallibility can sustain responsible action and hope for change.
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