 Luther also plays a significant role in the thought of the Danish philosopher and theologian K. E. Løgstrup (1905–1981), who interacted with Heidegger and Bultmann both before and after the Second World War, as well as with contemporary Kierkegaardians in Denmark. Løgstrup used Luther to develop his own distinctive natural law position in ethics, while also incorporating in his ethics the fundamental Lutheran view that goodness is not achievable through our own efforts; but for Løgstrup, this goodness is brought about through the encounter with another person that is made possible through life itself, rather than divine grace, thereby secularizing this central aspect of the Lutheran position. At the same time, he allows that the very fact that life makes this possible may suggest that it is created. Løgstrup argued, moreover, that forgiveness must remain a theological matter, as our sinfulness means that human beings are in no position to forgive each other with any kind of authority, in this way retaining an important element of Luther’s theology of the cross.