Winch and Wittgenstein on moral harm and absolute safety
This paper examines Wittgenstein’s conception of absolute safety in the light of two potential problems exposed by Winch. These are that, firstly: even if someone’s life has been virtuous so far, the contingency of its remaining so until death vitiates the claim that the virtuous person cannot be ha...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2010
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2010, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 81-94 |
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Ethics
B Mysticism B Winch B Ludwig B Absolute safety B Peter B Moral harm B Wittgenstein |
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