Abysses of human perversity
The present article elaborates a reflection on ethical questions, having as background the system of the unique thought of Arthur Schopenhauer. The central question is constituted by the philosophical problem of radical evil, a figure of extreme evil, which is rejected as an authentically human poss...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) |
| Repositorio: | Voluntas - Revista Internacional de Filosofia (Santa Maria) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/36021 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufsm.br/voluntas/article/view/36021 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Will Ethics Freedom Selfishness Wickedness Compassion Vontade Ética Liberdade Egoísmo Maldade Compaixão |
| Sumario: | The present article elaborates a reflection on ethical questions, having as background the system of the unique thought of Arthur Schopenhauer. The central question is constituted by the philosophical problem of radical evil, a figure of extreme evil, which is rejected as an authentically human possibility in Kant's practical philosophy. The figure of the evil joy (Schadenfreude), as outlined in Schopenhauer's ethics - illustrated in the article with examples of universal literature - exhibits a type of character capable of transcending the limits of selfishness and configuring a mode of pure evil, analogous to the case of radical evil. |
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