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More copies of this ISBNResponsibility and Judgmentby Hannah Arendt
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Each of the books that Hannah Arendt published in her lifetime was unique, and to this day each continues to provoke fresh thought and interpretations. This was never more true than for Eichmann in Jerusalem, heraccount of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, where she first used the phrase "the banality of evil." Her consternation over how a man who was neither a monster nor a demon could nevertheless be an agent ofthe most extreme evil evoked derision, outrage, and misunderstanding. The firestorm of controversy prompted Arendt to readdress fundamental questions and concerns about the nature of evil and the making of moral choices.Responsibility and Judgment gathers together unpublished writings from the last decade of Arendt's life, as she struggled to explicate the meaning of Eichmann in Jerusalem. At the heart ofthis book is a profound ethical investigation, "Some Questions of Moral Philosophy"; in it Arendt confronts the inadequacy of traditional moral "truths" as standards to judge what weare capable of doing, and she examines anew our ability to distinguish good from evil and right from wrong. We see how Arendt comes to understand that alongside the radical evil she had addressed in earlier analyses oftotalitarianism, there exists a more pernicious evil, independent of political ideology, whose execution is limitless when the perpetrator feels no remorse and can forget his acts as soon as they arecommitted. Responsibility and Judgment is an essential work for understanding Arendt's conception of morality; it is also an indispensable investigation into some of the mosttroubling and important issues of our time. "From the Hardcover edition." Synopsis:Hannah Arendt was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1906, fled to Paris in 1933, and came to the United States after the outbreak of World War II. She was the editorial director of Schocken Books from 1946 to 1948. She taught at Berkeley, Princeton, the University of Chicago, and The New School for Social Research. Among her other books are The Human Condition, On Revolution, and Life of the Mind. Arendt died in 1975. From the Hardcover edition. Table of ContentsIntroduction by Jerome Kohn A Note on the Text Prologue I. RESPONSIBILITY Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship Some Questions of Moral Philosophy Collective Responsibility Thinking and Moral Consideration II. JUDGMENT Reflections on Little Rock The Deputy: Guilt by Silence? Auschwitz on Trial Home to Roost What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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