An idea from Fear and Trembling

Abraham has no bigger duty to point to. He saves no nation and calms no angry god. If he is right, one person’s bond with God outranks the shared duties, a “teleological suspension of the ethical.” If he is wrong, he is a murderer.

From Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard

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