Levinas, Emmanuel

Levinas, Emmanuel. 1987. Time and the other. Pittsburgh Duquesne University Press. 

If the tomato comes from too far away for him to know its story, if the circumstances of its production and delivery to his home are, in Brockman s words (echoing Emmanuel Levinas s [1987] ethical philosophy) overwhelmingly faceless, then Brockman would simply rather do without it altogether—even on a cold, tomato-barren December day. 

At the core of ethics lies an awareness of the uniqueness and value of each person. This is reflected in our sense of compassion and responsibility for those with whom we come into contact, especially those in need. The leading twentieth century philosopher Emmanuel Levinas has described ethics as arising out of the prioritisation of the demands that an other can make on us, which he designates by the notion of the face. He describes an ethical act as being defined by aresponse to the being who in a... 

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