Full Idea
Kierkegaard distinguishes three main types of subjectivity: aesthetic, ethical and religious. But are these types of people, or different phases of one person's life?
Gist of Idea
There are aesthetic, ethical and religious subjectivity
Source
report of Søren Kierkegaard (Either/Or: a fragment of life [1843]) by Clare Carlisle - Kierkegaard: a guide for the perplexed 4
Book Reference
Carlisle,Clare: 'Kierkegaard: guide for the perplexed' [Continuum 2006], p.75
A Reaction
His picture of the religious mode holds no appeal for me. I also can't accept that the aesthetic and the moral are somewho distinct. People may discover they have slipped into one of these modes, but no one chooses them, do they?