Short (5-20 mins)
Philosophy
Reformed
Nicholas Wolterstorff on Love and Justice
Theologian
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Duration
9.43
Uploaded to YouTube
9 November 2009
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
Drawing upon the experiences of Apartheid (South Africa), Yale philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff discusses love (as in Christianity's command to "love thy neighbor") as having two dimensions. Without both dimensions present, he explains, love becomes malformed and acts of love, as benevolence, become an instrument of oppression (as was the case in South Africa). In this video, Dr. Wolterstorff is speaking at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. 11/09/2009. (video is approx. 9 minutes long) Wolterstorff is the author of the popular book Lament for a Son. His latest book is Justice: Rights and Wrongs.