What We Owe One Another
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
24 pages
978-1-971559-28-5 (ISBN)
Description
We speak of rights. Simone Weil speaks of obligations. In this austere and devastating essay, she argues that justice does not begin with claims, but with what we owe to the vulnerable core in every human being. Against entitlement and abstraction, she offers something rarer: attention, restraint, and moral seriousness.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 110 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-971559-28-5 (9781971559285)
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Persons
Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political thinker whose work spans ethics, politics, and religion. Writing with rare austerity and moral intensity, she developed a philosophy centered on attention, obligation, and the nature of justice. Her influence has only grown since her early death.