‘The cruelty of righteous people’: Niebuhr on the urgency of cruelty

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-01-25 DOI:10.1177/1755088221989745

B. Steele

引用次数: 9

Abstract

This paper responds to critics of Reinhold Niebuhr by exploring two themes important for locating his views on cruelty’s emergence in modern society. The first relates to his basic insight into the relationship between individual morality and group loyalty and solidarity. Niebuhr provides a sophisticated argument for such group dynamics in his work, issued in Moral Man, Immoral Society, as well as his essays on race. These also form the basis for his second thematic argument regarding cruelty, the role of ‘righteousness’ as it relates to security and insecurity. Niebuhr’s views on race, I argue, need to be considered more broadly as an example of his views on groups, power, and cruelty. The paper concludes with some modest proposals for thinking about combatting cruelty via Niebuhr’s counsel.

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“正义之人的残忍”:尼布尔谈残忍的紧迫性

本文通过探讨两个主题来回应对Reinhold Niebuhr的批评，这两个主题对于定位他对现代社会中残酷现象的看法很重要。第一个涉及他对个人道德与群体忠诚和团结之间关系的基本见解。Niebuhr在他的著作《道德人，不朽的社会》以及他关于种族的文章中为这种群体动态提供了一个复杂的论据。这些也构成了他关于残忍的第二个主题论点的基础，即“正义”在安全和不安全方面的作用。我认为，尼布尔对种族的看法需要被更广泛地视为他对群体、权力和残忍的看法的一个例子。论文最后提出了一些适度的建议，以思考通过Niebuhr的律师打击虐待行为。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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