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.

             "Fear and Trembling".

             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 different ways. A eulogy of Abraham is also given and then comes the main part of his work called Problemata." that is divided into four sections, a Preliminary Expectoration and Problema I-III. 'Is there a Teleological Suspension of the Ethical?', 'Is there an Absolute Duty to God?', and 'Was it Ethically Defensible for Abraham to Conceal His Undertaking from Sarah, from Eliezer, and from Isaac?' (Dr. Storm, 1996). .

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             Claim: Teleological Suspension of the Ethical.

             In his "Fear & Trembling" Kierkegaard made a claim of teleological suspension of the ethics. According to this claim social norms or ethics become unimportant in comparison to higher goal of devotion to God. In order to explain this concept he used the story of Abraham's sacrifice of his son.