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Situated Objectivity: Ethical Judgment, Critique and Justification After Wittgenstein

Roberts, Laura Kathleen

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Title
Situated Objectivity: Ethical Judgment, Critique and Justification After Wittgenstein
Author(s)
Roberts, Laura Kathleen
Issue Date
2001
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Schacht, Richard L.
Department of Study
Philosophy
Discipline
Philosophy
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
The documentary film Mr. Death raises questions about a man's agency in denying the Holocaust. Although Korsgaard's defense of ethics provides an invaluable corrective on any reduction of forms of life to unrelenting patterns of social power, her position fails to address power at all. On the other hand, Butler's characterization of freedom in terms of power also fails to capture the range of meanings of decision. This dilemma is resolved by taking action itself as the fundamental unit of study.
Graduation Semester
2001
Type of Resource
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