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Originally Posted by asaris
Well, there are two ways I can go here. I'll stick with the Levinasian line about duties owed to the Other, I think, since that's a bit more general (even though I disagree with him in points). The duty here that we would be using violence to uphold is our duty to the Other, again, not duty to a belief.
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*nods
Luther has a lot to say about seeing God in the face of the other. he's not using post modern language like other, but it's strikingly precsient.
some of the smartest stuff luther says...ironically for the example, he also makes tragic contributions to the project of anti-semitism.