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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Giorgio Faro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-10-01
Series:Church, Communication and Culture
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2017.1391672