Evil and moral detachment: further reflections on The Mirror Thesis

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    Abstract

    ​A commonly accepted claim by philosophers investigating the nature of evil is that the evil person is, in some way, the mirror image of the moral saint. In this paper I will defend a new version of this thesis. I will argue that both the moral saint and the morally evil person are characterized by a lack of conflict between moral and non-moral concerns. However, while the saint achieves this unity through a reconciliation of the two, the evil person does so by eliminating moral concerns from her character.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)201-218
    Number of pages18
    JournalInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies
    Volume24
    Issue number2
    Early online date11 Jan 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Keywords

    • evil
    • moral saints

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