Preface
Introduction: A Socratic and Christian Care for the Self
Part 1. Commitment, Personality, and Identity
1. Kierkegaard on the SelfHubert L. Dreyfus
2. Affectation, or the Invention of the Self: A Modern DisorderBruce H. Kirmmse
3. Postscript Ethics: Putting Personality on StageEdward F. Mooney
4. Kierkegaard on Commitment, Personality, and IdentityAlastair Hannay
Part 2. Natural and Commanded Love
5. Love and the Discipline of PhilosophyRick Anthony Furtak
6. Kierkegaard and Ethical TheoryRobert C. Roberts
7. "The Problematic Agapeistic Ideal—Again"M. Jamie Ferreira
8. Kierkegaard on Natural and Commanded LoveAlastair Hannay
Part 3. Melancholy and Despair
9. Despair and DepressionGordon Marino
10. Spleen Essentially Canceled—yet a Little Spleen RetainedN. J. Cappelorn, translated by K. Brian Söderquist
11. Kierkegaard on Melancholy and DespairAlastair Hannay
Part 4. Trust, Faith, and Reason
12. Philosophy and Dogma: The Testimony of an Upbuilding DiscourseGeorge Pattison
13. The Dangers of Indirection: Plato, Kierkegaard, and Leo StraussM. G. Piety
14. Abraham's Final WordDaniel W. Conway
15. Faith as Eschatological Trust in Fear and TremblingJohn J. Davenport
16. Silence and Entering the Circle of FaithAlastair Hannay
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
