Simone Weil: The Ethics of Affliction and the Aesthetics of Attention.

For Simone Weil the invocation of 'rights' to address extreme human suffering–what she calls 'affliction'–is 'ludicrously inadequate'. Rights, Weil argues, invite a response, whereas what the afflicted require is not dialogue but simply to be heard. For Weil, hearing the 'cry' of the afflicted is th...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 145 - 168
Autor principal: Thomas, Christopher
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2020
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