Ethics of Evil: Psychoanalytic Investigations (2016)
In today’s world, where every form of transgression enjoys a psychological motive and rational justification, psychoanalysis stands alone in its ability to uncover the hidden motives that inform individual and social collective behavior Both in theory and practice, it bears witness to the impact of anonymity on the potential for perpetration, especially when others are experienced as faceless, disposable objects whose otherness is, at bottom, but a projection, displacement, and denial of our own interiority-in short, the evil within
In keeping with this perspective, the Ethics of Evil rejects facile rationalizations of violence; it also rejects the idea that evil, as a concept, is inscrutable or animated by demonic forces Instead, it evaluates the moral framework in which evil is situated, providing a descriptive understanding of it as a plurality and a depth psychological perspective on the threat it poses for our well-being and ways of life In so doing, it also fashions and articulates an ethical stance that recognizes the intrinsic link between human freedom and the potential for evil The essays collected in the Ethics of Evil argue that moralizing evil is one of the most important agendas of our time
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