The Radical Demand in Løgstrup's Ethics

How much does ethics demand of us and on what authority? How does this relate to prudence, law, and social convention? Such questions lie at the heart of K. E. Løgstrup's work. Stern situates his distinctive position in relation to Kant, Kierkegaard, Levinas, Darwall and Luther, offering a full account of his key text, The Ethical Demand (1956).