Well, it's been a while since I added anything to this Diary,
but now seems as good a time as any.
*Note to self: “I will be fine, because I will not pursue
anyone who doesn't want me in his or her life.
Of course, I wish things were different,
but so do a lot of people, about a lot of things.”
Applied Philosophy
The Role of Innocent Guilt in Post-Conflict Work
Abstract
The phenomenon of 'innocent guilt' regards cases where people feel guilty without being responsible for the wrong doing or suffering at which the guilt is directed. The aim of this article is to develop a consistent account of innocent guilt and show how it may arise in the aftermath of conflicts. In order to do this, innocent guilt is contrasted with guilt and collective guilt, and the account is substantiated by drawing on the writing of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Emmanuel Levians, who both consider the phenomenon of innocent guilt a necessary element in the fundamental structure of the ethical subject. These thinkers, furthermore, show a connection between guilt and possible victims of wrongdoing, rather than between guilt and personal acts of wrongdoing. Innocent guilt may thus appear in the aftermath of conflicts as an ethical and emotional response to the fact of finding oneself in a post-conflict situation still marked by suffering. It thus reveals a fundamental need to contribute to the relieving of such suffering.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.111/japp.12041/full
but now seems as good a time as any.
*Note to self: “I will be fine, because I will not pursue
anyone who doesn't want me in his or her life.
Of course, I wish things were different,
but so do a lot of people, about a lot of things.”
Applied Philosophy
The Role of Innocent Guilt in Post-Conflict Work
Abstract
The phenomenon of 'innocent guilt' regards cases where people feel guilty without being responsible for the wrong doing or suffering at which the guilt is directed. The aim of this article is to develop a consistent account of innocent guilt and show how it may arise in the aftermath of conflicts. In order to do this, innocent guilt is contrasted with guilt and collective guilt, and the account is substantiated by drawing on the writing of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Emmanuel Levians, who both consider the phenomenon of innocent guilt a necessary element in the fundamental structure of the ethical subject. These thinkers, furthermore, show a connection between guilt and possible victims of wrongdoing, rather than between guilt and personal acts of wrongdoing. Innocent guilt may thus appear in the aftermath of conflicts as an ethical and emotional response to the fact of finding oneself in a post-conflict situation still marked by suffering. It thus reveals a fundamental need to contribute to the relieving of such suffering.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.111/japp.12041/full
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