Responsibility and Judgment

Responsibility and Judgment gathers together unpublished writings from the last decade of Arendt’s life, where she addresses fundamental questions and concerns about the nature of evil and the making of moral choices. At the heart of the book is a profound ethical investigation, “Some Questions of Moral Philosophy,” in which Arendt confronts the inadequacy of traditional moral ...

Responsibility and Judgment gathers together unpublished writings from the last decade of Arendt’s life, where she addresses fundamental questions and concerns about the nature of evil and the making of moral choices. At the heart of the book is a profound ethical investigation, “Some Questions of Moral Philosophy,” in which Arendt confronts the inadequacy of traditional moral “truths” as standards to judge what we are capable of doing and examines anew our ability to distinguish good from evil and right from wrong. We also see how Arendt comes to understand that alongside the radical evil she had addressed in earlier analyses of totalitarianism, there exists a more pernicious evil, independent of political ideology, whose execution is limitless when the perpetrator feels no remorse and can forget his acts as soon as they are committed.

Responsibility and Judgment is an indispensable investigation into some of the most troubling and important issues of our time.

汉娜•阿伦特

（Hannah Arendt，1906—1975）

德裔美籍哲学家，20世纪重要的政治理论家、思想家，与西蒙娜•波伏娃、苏珊•桑塔格并称为西方当代最重要的女性知识分子。曾师从海德格尔和雅斯贝尔斯，在海德堡大学获得博士学位，后担任芝加哥大学、社会研究新学院教授。阿伦特一生致力于考察现代社会中的政治问题和人的政治行动，并对美国政治现实和犹太问题有着大量极富原创性的洞见。

主要著作：《极权主义的起源》《耶路撒冷的艾希曼》《人的境况》《过去与未来之间》《论革命》《共和的危机》《犹太文集》《心智生活》《康德政治哲学讲稿》等。

杰罗姆•科恩（Jerome Kohn）

New School 阿伦特研究中心主任，阿伦特和布鲁歇尔夫妇遗稿保存人，曾长期担任阿伦特助手。