Can A Person in the Ethical Level Choose to Do That Which is Evil? : Understanding the Religious Life, Two Types of Religions, -Immanent Religion, Transcendent Religion

Can a Person in the Ethical Level Choose to Do That Which is Evil

Understanding the Religious Life

• Can a person in the ethical level choose to do that which is evil? No. Because a person at the ethical level has a good will which is in connection to the Highest Good. As a result of this, one at ethical level cannot choose the evil.
• This is the third level in the existential dialectic.

• Choice is the paradigm of the ethical level and this signifies the freedom and self-comm…

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Aesthetic, Ethical and Religious Life: The Concept of Receptivity, Concept of Boredom and Dread of Boredom

Aesthetic, Ethical and Religious Life

The Concept of Receptivity

• The term aesthetica is also a way of living, which is characterized by receptivity. There is a moment to moment reciprocation to one՚s body.
• The aesthete is also the given- the body is the given. Therefore, it is also seen as external to oneself.
• The givenness of the body and its experiences is the prime aspect of the aesthetic life. There is no subjectivity or awareness involved.
• There is no distinction between the subject and object- whic…

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