Killing a Chinese Mandarin: The moral implications of distance.
Explores philosophers' attempts to register the impact of space and time on moral perceptions and the value of individual life. Parable of the long distance murder of the Chinese mandarin; Discussion of the English philosopher David Hume's contiguity and distance in space and time; Tension between n...
| Publicado en: | New Left Review no. 208; pp. 107 - 120 |
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New Left Review Ltd.
Nov/Dec94
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| Sumario: | Explores philosophers' attempts to register the impact of space and time on moral perceptions and the value of individual life. Parable of the long distance murder of the Chinese mandarin; Discussion of the English philosopher David Hume's contiguity and distance in space and time; Tension between natural and written law; Cry against moral indifference; Progressive capacity of humans to destroy the past. |
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