Too often, Levinas\'s thought is distanced from traditional ethical enterprises, especially from normative ethics.
There is nothing wrong with using Levinas for normative purposes, but this demands that we be clear on what account of normativity can be found in.
It is put into the service of directly normative ends such as a call for respect for women or disadvantaged social groups, or for new normative understandings of the relation of doctors to patients or teachers to students and the like.
Too often, Levinas\'s thought is distanced from traditional ethical enterprises, especially from normative ethics