Ethics as First Philosophy

Levinas seeks to place ethics as subsequent thought of philosophy. Really, he wants to turn philosophy to metaphilosophy. He wants the reader to understand that we must go beyond Being. I really like Levinas' thought that there is such a thing as morality, which he calls responsibility, although my view differs a little from his in that it is not a call for self affirmation. He says a being must transcend beyond oneself through this responsibility, which he might call a burden upon the I. In my view, yes, one must transcend beyond oneself and beyond Being, and although responsibility could be a burden at the moment, it later sets the I free from egoism which differs from his definition of freedom.