Before we actually move on to Kierkegaard's book and debate about his claim in this book, a brief about Kierkegaard's work would be appropriate that could help us in understanding it better. Known as the "father of existentialism", Kierkegaard's works have been profound, intellectually sound and highly artistic. His works have not been just focused on one or more subjects rather his idea cover and transcend many subjects like philosophy, theology, psychology, ethics etc. He himself studied philosophy and theology. His work concentrated on rejuvenating and revitalizing the Christian faith. He worked on concepts and ideas with biblical references having relevance to the current times. That is why in his writings we see a lot of influence of religion and religious events. Kierkegaard studied and lived most of his life in Copenhagen and created his exceptional work in the local lingo rather than international language. So, it took some time before his work got translated and people recognized his genius.
Kierkegaard's masterpiece "Fear and Trembling" starts with a preface followed by exordium in which he explained Abraham's story of climbing up the mountains to sacrifice his son in four differ
According to this concept ultimate decision with respect to good and evil are governed by God's commands. As in the case of Abraham God's decision of the right and wrong of his action was ultimate and societal norms became unimportant.
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