Open AccessOn murderous silence
Author(s) -
Marc Crépon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid2101067c
Subject(s) - silence , shame , action (physics) , position (finance) , process (computing) , political science , sociology , law and economics , psychology , epistemology , law , philosophy , business , computer science , aesthetics , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , operating system
The paper focuses on violence, claiming that it is not action, but silence and inaction that become ?murderous?, given that we are forced into a permanent and impossible process of choosing between responsibility for the other and the possibility of responding to a call for help. Still, this position is not final and the author offers certain alternative strategies, such as rebellion, goodness, critique and shame.