A criminal’s confession: comparing rival ethics in crime and punishment (F. Dostoevsky)
Dostoevsky and Nietzsche, following different paths, both envisage the Übermensch. Two years before going mad, Nietzsche read some of the great Russian novelist’s works. The aim of this essay is to highlight the link in Crime and Punishment between consequentialism (still widespread today) and the t...
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| author | Giorgio Faro |
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| description | Dostoevsky and Nietzsche, following different paths, both envisage the Übermensch. Two years before going mad, Nietzsche read some of the great Russian novelist’s works. The aim of this essay is to highlight the link in Crime and Punishment between consequentialism (still widespread today) and the theory of the Übermensch, from the personalist perspective of Dostoevsky. His confutation of the Übermensch is not only a consequence of his faith; it also involves natural law and conscience, paradigms shared by everyone, regardless of whether they are believers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3240b9a855cc44978e59fa7f63b5dc3b2024-03-02T20:28:21ZengTaylor & Francis GroupChurch, Communication and Culture2375-32342375-32422017-10-012327228310.1080/23753234.2017.13916721391672A criminal’s confession: comparing rival ethics in crime and punishment (F. Dostoevsky)Giorgio Faro0Pontificia Università della Santa CroceDostoevsky and Nietzsche, following different paths, both envisage the Übermensch. Two years before going mad, Nietzsche read some of the great Russian novelist’s works. The aim of this essay is to highlight the link in Crime and Punishment between consequentialism (still widespread today) and the theory of the Übermensch, from the personalist perspective of Dostoevsky. His confutation of the Übermensch is not only a consequence of his faith; it also involves natural law and conscience, paradigms shared by everyone, regardless of whether they are believers.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2017.1391672ConsequentialismÜbermenschpersonalist ethicsnatural lawconscience |
| spellingShingle | Giorgio Faro A criminal’s confession: comparing rival ethics in crime and punishment (F. Dostoevsky) Church, Communication and Culture Consequentialism Übermensch personalist ethics natural law conscience |
| title | A criminal’s confession: comparing rival ethics in crime and punishment (F. Dostoevsky) |
| title_full | A criminal’s confession: comparing rival ethics in crime and punishment (F. Dostoevsky) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A criminal’s confession: comparing rival ethics in crime and punishment (F. Dostoevsky) |
| title_short | A criminal’s confession: comparing rival ethics in crime and punishment (F. Dostoevsky) |
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| topic | Consequentialism Übermensch personalist ethics natural law conscience |
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