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Ethics, Modern 19th century.

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As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful in a postmodern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativized by a historicist perspective? Given our current unwillingness to judge others, what signposts remain to guide our ethical behavior? Surveying the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western philosophical debates on evil, Forti concludes that it is time to leave behind what she calls "the Dostoevsky paradigm": the dualistic vision of an omnipotent monster pitted against absolute, helpless victims. No longer capable of grasping the normalization of evil in today's world—whose structures of power have been transformed—this paradigm has exhausted its explanatory force. In its place, Forti offers a different genealogy of the relationship between evil and power, one that finally calls into question power's recurrent link to transgression. At the center of contemporary evil she posits the passive attitude towards rule-following, the need for normalcy, and the desire for obedience nurtured by our contemporary mass democracies. In our times, she contends, evil must be explored in tandem with our stubborn desire to stay alive at all costs as much as with our deep need for recognition: the new modern absolutes. A courageous book, New Demons extends an original, inspiring call to ethical living in a biopolitical age.

Ethics, Modern -- 19th century. --- Ethics, Modern -- 20th century. --- Good and evil. --- Political science -- Philosophy. --- Power (Philosophy).

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As long as we care about suffering in the world we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. but is the concept of evil still useful in a post-modern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativized by a historicist perspective? Given our current unwillingness to judge others, what signposts remain to guide our ethical behavior? Surveying the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Wesern philosophical debates on evil, political philosopher Simona Forti concludes that it is time to leave behind "the Dostoevsky paradigm": the dualistic vision of an omnipotent monster pitted against absolute, helpless victims. An inaccurate account of evil in today's world--whose structures of power have been transformed--this paradigm has exhausted its explanatory force. In its place, we get a different genealogy of the relationship between evil and power, one that finally calls into question power's recurrent link to transgression. At the center of contemporary evil Forti posits the passive attitude toward rule-following, the need for normalcy, and the desire for obedience nutured by our contemporary mass democracies. In our times, evil must be explored in tandem with our stubborn desire to stay alive at all costs as much as with our deep need for recognition: the new modern absolutes. A courageous book, New Demons extends an original , inspiring call to ethical living in the biopolitical age. -- Provided by publisher.

Good and evil. --- Power (Philosophy) --- Ethics, Modern --- Political science --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy --- Ethics, Modern - 19th century --- Ethics, Modern - 20th century --- Political science - Philosophy

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Cet ouvrage constitue la mise en forme rédigée par John Rawls lui-même des notes de son cours sur Kant vers la fin des années soixante-dix. Amélioré au fil des ans et complété par des cours consacrés à Hume, Leibniz, puis Hegel, c'est la version finale de ces leçons, celle de son ultime cours de 1991, qui est ici offerte aux lecteurs. Ces Leçons sur l'histoire de la philosophie morale représentent l'aboutissement mûrement réfléchi de près de trente ans d'enseignement à Harvard (1962-1991). Pendant ces années, la pensée de John Rawls s'est confrontée aux textes majeurs de la modernité philosophique dans un souci de transmission pédagogique mais surtout de mise en perspective des sources de ses propres conceptions morales et politiques. Il signale ainsi dans quelle mesure la Théorie de la justice s'inscrit dans la lignée des systèmes de pensées et des problématiques qu'il examine par ailleurs avec le plus grand scrupule philologique. L'une des vertus essentielles de cet ouvrage est de démentir l'idée reçue selon laquelle le style analytique d'une certaine philosophie politique anglo-saxonne la rendrait insensible aux enjeux de pensée soulevés par l'histoire de la philosophie. Comme l'écrit John Rawls, « l'un des avantages de l'étude des textes historiques [...], c'est qu'elle nous permet de nous rendre compte à quel point la tonalité des questions philosophiques est influencée par la structure de pensée à partir de laquelle elles sont formulées. Il s'agit là d'une expérience très éclairante, non seulement en soi, en tant qu'elle nous révèle différentes formes de pensée philosophique, mais également parce qu'elle nous oblige à considérer d'un œil nouveau la structure de pensée souvent implicite et inarticulée à partir de laquelle nous formulons nos propres questions ».

Ethics --- Morale --- History --- Histoire --- Hume, David, --- Kant, Immanuel, --- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, --- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, --- Ethics, Modern --- moraalfilosofie --- geschiedenis (historische aspecten) --- philosophie morale --- histoire (aspects historiques) --- Ethics, Modern - 17th century --- Ethics, Modern - 18th century --- Ethics, Modern - 19th century --- Acqui 2006

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This Routledge Philosophy Guidebook focuses on Nietzsche, introducing and assessing his life and background to his writings on morality and the ideas and text of On the Genealogy of Morality, as well as his continuing importance in philosophy.

Nietzsche, Friedrich --- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, --- Ethics, Modern --- Ethics, Modern - 19th century --- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, - 1844-1900 --- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 --- Philosophy, German --- Morale moderne --- Philosophie allemande --- Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm