The Teleological Suspension of the Ethical: Abraham, Isaac, and the Challenge of Faith

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God demands that Abraham sacrifice his son Isaac. Why? Kierkegaard tells us that God requires of Abraham a "teleological suspension of the ethical." In this essay I explore the meanings of the Ethical, God, and Faith in an effort to make sense of this phrase, and, more broadly, of the biblical story itself.

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Richard Oxenberg
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