Love, Ethics, and Justice

Abstract

This text will examine the relations between love, ethics, and justice, adopting four complementary perspectives. The first is the confrontation with Freud, in his ardent diatribe against the concept of «loving your fellow man». Then, the confrontation with Kant is presented, in the form of the dispute between «love» and «imperative». Having situated the issue, thus, in the terrain of ethics, the relations between love and justice are considered, using mainly Ricoeur’s analysis. Finally, what could be called «love of outlaws» will be dealt with, through some of Dostoievski’s literary characters.