Wittgenstein, one of the most influential, and yet widely
misunderstood, philosophers of our age, confronted his readers with
aporias -- linguistic puzzles -- as a means of countering modern
philosophical confusions over the nature of language without
replicating the same confusions in his own writings. In Ethics as
Grammar, Brad Kallenberg uses the writings of theological ethicist
Stanley Hauerwas as a foil for demonstrating how Wittgenstein's
method can become concrete within the Christian tradition.
Kallenberg shows that the aesthetic, political, and grammatical
strands epitomizing Hauerwas's thought are the result of his
learning to do Christian ethics by thinking through Wittgenstein.
Kallenberg argues that Wittgenstein's pedagogical strategy
cultivates certain skills of judgment in his readers by making them
struggle to move past the aporias and acquire the fluency of
language's deeper grammar. Theologians, says Kallenberg, are well
suited to this task of "going on" because the gift of Christianity
supplies them with the requisite resources for reading
Wittgenstein. Kallenberg uses Hauerwas to make this case -- showing
that Wittgenstein's aporetic philosophy has engaged Hauerwas in a
life-long conversation that has cured him of many philosophical
confusions. Yet, because Hauerwas comes to the conversation as a
Christian believer, he is able to surmount Wittgenstein's aporias
with the assistance of theological convictions that he possesses
through grace.
Ethics as Grammar reveals that Wittgenstein's intention to
cultivate concrete skill in real people was akin to Aristotle's
emphasis on the close relationship of practical reason and ethics.
In this thought-provoking book,Kallenberg demonstrates that
Wittgenstein does more than simply offer a vantage point for
reassessing Aristotle, he paves the way for ethics to become a
distinctively Christian discipline, as exemplified by Stanley
Hauerwas.
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