jcrt The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory 1530-5228 Whitestone Publications 14.2.shuster Article metadata On the Ethical Basis of Language: Some Themes in Davidson, Cavell, and Levinas. Martin Shuster 2015 14 2 Copyright held by the author(s). All rights reserved.

An essay is presented on the views of three philosophers on the relationship between being a linguistic agent and an ethical agent with regard to the philosophy of religion. These philosophers are Donald Davidson, Stanley Cavell, and Emmanuel Levinas. Other topics include how understanding language needs community conceptualization, the relationship between language and ethics, and skepticism.

 ethics 1906-1995 emmanuel le-vinas philosophy-of-religion language-languages 1917-2003 1926-2018 cavell davidson donald skepticism stanley Ethics Skepticism PMC deposit statusNot deposit ready: metadata only; complete article text and submission assets are required.