You could argue that modern cultures indicate a current
lack of Agape worldwide.
But Peter was grieved that he kept asking, and perhaps also grieved at his own
lack of agape.
Not exact matches
Kierkegaard
lacked a social ethical doctrine
of agape which is no less concerned to break through to the neighbour, but is less naive about how social orders corrupt human relationships.
This kind
of thinking does not help; does not address the need for
agape love to all, which we are all sadly
lacking in.
Also, he sees freedom and equality as perennial principles
of justice that, like
agape in relation to philia and justice, serve as judgment on their approximations (or
lack thereof), and call communities to fuller approximations.