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Gnade, das ist das Lächeln der Justitia, das Atemholen des Henkers. Gnade, das ist der dünne Grat zwischen Willkür und Menschlichkeit, die Ausnahme von der Regelhärte des Gesetzes. Noch immer heißt die Todesstrafe gerecht und der grausamste Krieg heilig. Noch immer flehen die Opfer, ob der rechtsstaatlichen Gewalt oder des rechtgläubigen Terrors, um Gnade. Meistens vergeblich. Gnade, das ist aber auch die ungeschuldete Huld des Höchsten. Existiert die Welt nicht aus sich selbst heraus, dann gibt es für uns, die durch das finstere Tal wandern, nur eine ernsthafte letzte Frage: Sind wir die Trauben, die zertreten werden in der Kelter Gottes? Die Antwort der Gnade muss den Grund unserer Unwürdigkeit benennen; und muss dabei doch das Ganze, „die Schöpfung“, im Licht – und der Dunkelheit – eines grundlosen Wohlwollens zeigen.
Mercy. --- Good and evil.
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Life. --- Self. --- Aesthetics. --- Good and evil. --- Art --- Imagination (Philosophy) --- Philosophy.
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Good and evil --- Law and art --- Law --- Philosophy
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Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time, and though humans continue to commit acts of cruelty against one another, today we possess a clearer, more moral way of analyzing them. In Narrating Evil, María Pía Lara explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. Drawing on Immanuel Kant's and Hannah Arendt's ideas about reflective judgment, Lara argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Particular stories haunt our consciousness and lead to a kind of examination and dialogue that shape notions of morality. A powerful description of a crime can act as a filter, helping us to draw conclusions about what constitutes a moral wrong, and public debates over these narratives allow us to construct a more accurate picture of historical truth, leading to a better understanding of why such actions are possible. In building her argument, Lara considers Greek tragedies, Shakespeare's depictions of evil, Joseph Conrad's literary metaphors, and movies that portray human cruelty. Turning to such philosophers and writers as Jürgen Habermas, Walter Benjamin, Primo Levi, Giorgio Agamben, and Ariel Dorfman, Lara defines a reflexive relationship between an event, the narrative of the event, and the public reception of the narrative, and she proves that the stories of perpetrators and sufferers are always intertwined. The process of disclosure, debate, and the public fashioning of collective judgment are vital methods through which we make sense not only of new forms of cruelty but of past crimes as well. Narrating Evil describes the steps of this process and why they are a crucial part of our attempt to build a different, more just world.
Good and evil. --- Judgment (Ethics) --- Judgment (Ethics). --- Good and evil --- Moral judgment --- Ethics --- Evil --- Wickedness --- Philosophy --- Polarity --- Religious thought
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Good and evil --- Providence and government of God --- Evil --- Wickedness --- Ethics --- Philosophy --- Polarity --- Religious thought --- Christianity --- Good and evil. --- Christianity.
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In Out of Eden, Paul W. Kahn offers a philosophical meditation on the problem of evil. He uses the Genesis story of the Fall as the starting point for a profound articulation of the human condition. Kahn shows us that evil expresses the rage of a subject who knows both that he is an image of an infinite God and that he must die. Kahn's interpretation of Genesis leads him to inquiries into a variety of modern forms of evil, including slavery, torture, and genocide. Kahn takes issue with Hannah Arendt's theory of the banality of evil, arguing that her view is an instance of the modern world's lost capacity to speak of evil. Psychological, social, and political accounts do not explain evil as much as explain it away. Focusing on the existential roots of evil rather than on the occasions for its appearance, Kahn argues that evil originates in man's flight from death. He urges us to see that the opposite of evil is not good, but love: while evil would master death, love would transcend it. Offering a unique perspective that combines political and cultural theory, law, and philosophy, Kahn here continues his project of advancing a political theology of modernity.
Good and evil. --- Evil --- Wickedness --- Ethics --- Philosophy --- Polarity --- Religious thought --- Good and evil --- 216 --- Goed en kwaad --- Eden. --- Garden of Eden --- Paradise
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