The Place of God in Moral Life from standpoint of Levinas

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1 PhD in Philosophy, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor of philosophy at university of Tabriz, Iran

10.22080/jre.2024.28022.1220

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In this article, we are trying to examine God and his place in Levinas's moral philosophy, which is based on another concept. For Levinas, the other is not a passive person, but an active person whose face indicates messages and moral commands, and upon receiving these messages and moral commands, a person feels the duty to consider himself accountable and responsible to the other. . The continuation of this accountability and responsibility leads to a moral life. But the question is, what is God's position in the structure of Levinas's moral philosophy? And what is it based on? And in other words; What are the components of religion in the structure of Levinas's moral philosophy? Levinas believes that when a person encounters another, he finds an inner desire and attraction towards him. This inner desire and pull towards the other, which originates from man's desire for infinity and perfection and God, is a fundamental and metaphysical desire and ultimately leads to the moral relationship and interaction of man with the other and God in a moral life. In the moral and divine life, man finds his true identity, which is a moral and divine identity, and by cultivating his moral talents, he steps on the path of becoming infinite and attaining God's perfections.

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