Journal article

Ricœur’s ethics in the face of corruption. The Church as an “ethical community” faced with corruption in Togo

Pages 97 to 110

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  • Yawo-Nake, J.-S.
(2025). Ricœur’s Ethics in the Face of Corruption. The Church as an “ethical Community” Faced With Corruption in Togo. Études théologiques et religieuses, 100(1), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.3917/etr.1001.0097.

  • Yawo-Nake, Joël Setsoafia.
« Ricœur’s ethics in the face of corruption. The Church as an “ethical community” faced with corruption in Togo ». Études théologiques et religieuses, 2025/1 Volume 100, 2025. p.97-110. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-etudes-theologiques-et-religieuses-2025-1-page-97?lang=en.

  • YAWO-NAKE, Joël Setsoafia,
2025. Ricœur’s ethics in the face of corruption. The Church as an “ethical community” faced with corruption in Togo. Études théologiques et religieuses, 2025/1 Volume 100, p.97-110. DOI : 10.3917/etr.1001.0097. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-etudes-theologiques-et-religieuses-2025-1-page-97?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/etr.1001.0097


English

This work is structured around Ricœur s thought, which serves as a compass for a pluralistic ethic and an institutional politics capable of resisting corruption. First suspended, moral judgment gives way to an ethical and political construction. The objective is to build an ethic and an ecclesiology that meet the challenges of corruption. This phenomenon reveals the complexity of the human relationship with good and evil. Deconstructing and reconstructing this relationship, by examining its anthropological, moral, and spiritual layers, becomes imperative. This research takes on that task, providing responses commensurate with this pernicious evil.