The Fearful Ethical Subject: On the Fear for the Other, Moral Education, and Levinas in the Pandemic

• Published in: Studies in philosophy and education Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 81 - 92
• Main Authors: Yan, Sijin, Slattery, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Attention deficits; COVID-19; Education; Educational Philosophy; Ethical Instruction; Ethics; Fear; Fear & phobias; Levinas, Emmanuel; Moral education; Otherness; Pandemics; Philosophy of Education; Responsibility; Fear; Pandemic; Emotion; Moral education; Levinas

The article seeks to reclaim a type of fear lost in silent omission in education, yet central to the development of an ethical subject. It distinguishes the fear described by Martin Heidegger through the concept of befindlichkeit and fear for the other as an essential moment for ethics articulated b...