Name: Ryan Dell Date: 3.13.13 Discussion sheet~ Arendt “Organized Guilt and Universal Responsibility” You must hand this in at the end of class‚ and it must be typed. Don’t write a thesis – the whole thing doesn’t need to be more than a page. This is to help you come to class prepared to participate. Points will be assigned points based on such things as thoroughness‚ insightfulness‚ student participation and promptness. _____________________________________________ Course themes[1]
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Arendt equates loneliness directly with the idea of a totalitarian government. In order to effectively do this however‚ she first must differentiate between isolation and loneliness‚ and under what circumstances isolation turns into loneliness. It seems to me that as long as you‚ as a human being‚ are in control of the feeling‚ and the feeling/emotion/state of being is not in control of you then it is isolation. Someone can choose to be isolated‚ in the true sense of the word (not the medical or
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Hannah Arendt’s Theory of Totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the most important‚ unique and influential thinkers of political philosophy in the Twentieth century. Arendt was greatly influenced by her mentor and one time lover‚ Martin Heidegger‚ whose phenomenological method would help to greatly shape and frame Arendt’s own thinking. Like Heidegger‚ Arendt was sceptical of the metaphysical tradition which tended towards abstract conceptual reasoning; ultimately at odds
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Which is the most appealing Nozick’s entitlement theory or Rawls theory of distributive justice? The defence of liberal ideologies emerged not long after the Second World War‚ prior to this there had been little faith in liberal values during the 1920’s and 1930’s‚ however after the war there appeared to be a renewed defence for liberal thinking ranging across a variety of ideological theories. To the present day these liberal perspectives continue to influence political thinking with regards
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power and being governed but they express them threw different viewpoints. Rousseau and Arendt use slavery as examples to prove
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In a broad sense‚ both Rawls and Nozick agree that the legitimacy of a just society is highly dependent on the emphasis of liberty for its citizens. For Rawls‚ it is the first principal of justice‚ and though he presupposes equal liberty as a basic right for each person‚ he makes a point to prioritize its importance. Rawls outlines some basic liberties‚ including political liberties‚ equal treatment under the law‚ and the freedom to hold personal property (Rawls‚ 677). Nozick agrees with this emphasis
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A contemporary philosopher‚ John Rawls (1921-2002)‚ is noted for his contributions to political and moral philosophy. In particular‚ Rawls ’ discussion about justice introduced five important concepts into discourse‚ including: the two principles of justice‚ the “original position” and “veil of ignorance‚” reflective equilibrium‚ overlapping consensus‚ and public reason. What is interesting about these five contributions is how Rawls’ speculative thought has been used by scholars across disciplinary
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Messika Ilana 324708601 Political Theory Paper 4 Fanon and Arendt on Violence Violence is a predominant issue in the work of both Hanna Arendt and Franz Fanon‚ because each of them experienced it in a singular way (European totalitarianism and colonization) and agree on its presence these days in any political system: "violence (…) believed to be the common denominator"(Arendt‚ 3). They recognize the fact that violence is a criterion shaping
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Justice as Fairness Rawls first begins with discussing how we are lead to the original position. The original position is a hypothetical argument that considers a society where people do not decide what is right or wrong based on a higher power or emotion‚ but rather on common sense. These ideas establish justice or fairness simply based on the community’s beliefs that they create. However‚ these agreements cannot be made without the “veil of ignorance.” This means that all instances that
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Hannah Arendt She was a German-Jewish philosopher and writer‚ not a trained‚ professional historian and thus her writing on the Eichmann case was focussed on a philosophical interest she had with the nature of evil. As a Jew who fled Germany from the Nazis in 1933 and then also fled France in 1940‚ Arendt uses her 1963 report to focus on the ‘banality of evil’ to deny Nazism all glamour‚ a way of showing her utter contempt for the movement. This contempt extends to her portrayal of Eichmann‚ as she
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