The Symbolism of Evil: The Full Shape of Our Capacity for Moral Responsibility
In this article, I examine the discourse around evil from the perspective of philosophical anthropology. Through an analysis of the religious symbolism of evil and an associated quest for a complete study of being, I intend in this article to explore fresh ways of establishing the relation between o...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Subtitles: | "Theme: How Discernment between Good and Evil shapes the Dynamics of the Human Journey" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2020]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ricœur, Paul 1913-2005, La symbolique du mal
/ Evil
/ Moral responsibility
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBE Anthropology NCB Personal ethics |
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| Summary: | In this article, I examine the discourse around evil from the perspective of philosophical anthropology. Through an analysis of the religious symbolism of evil and an associated quest for a complete study of being, I intend in this article to explore fresh ways of establishing the relation between our rhetorical practices of evil and moral responsibility. I draw on Ricoeur’s work on the primary symbols of evil (stain, sin and guilt), which can be seen as a means for clarifying and extending our understanding of evil and moral responsibility. I employ the concept of “the double intentionality of symbol” to advance an expressive-performative model of speaking about the full shape of moral responsibility. At stake in my paper is the possibility of recognizing the need to valorise subordinate resources of knowledge that might prevent us from studying and responding to the elusive reality of evil in intellectual abstraction. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v12i4.3518 |