![]() ![]() In the process of inquiry, they hurt others, they may hurt themselves, and their very inquiry may further the scheme itself. Those who ignore them appear naïve, yet those who search them out seem crazy. Conspiracy schemes and hidden plots are everywhere. The world wounds the persons and plans of those who try to act well, yet we find no alternative but to keep trying. Grotesque, vivid violence permeates the foreground. World war and nuclear annihilation permeate the background. Do we have theoretical grounds to support our ethical ideals? In practice, are we able to fulfill those ideals in ways that are truly good? Does the goal of right action enable us to flourish, or injure us? More subtle issues surround the fragility of our own ethical ideals and practices. Or, when we consider how we should treat others, we should emphasize that persecution, warfare, and environmental destruction are possible for all and actual for many. Foregrounding vulnerability may mean giving great weight to how individuals and institutions should treat the young, the old, the sick, and the disabled-for each person was, is, or probably will be in those states. Perhaps most striking, the very bases for ethical claims, and the possibilities of attaining ethical ideals, may themselves be fragile and susceptible to harm.Įthics and vulnerability interweave in many ways. Vulnerability has many dimensions, including physical and emotional. Rather, all people are susceptible to harm, and ethical theories are distorted when they ignore the fragilities of a person engaging in contemplation and action. In recent decades ethicists have increasingly emphasized that ethical theory cannot presume a continually free, autonomous, healthy, strong agent who encounters weak, needy others. ![]() I would like to introduce and reflect on the story from a particular angle, a set of problems that I care deeply about: the significance of physical and psychological vulnerability for ethics.Įthical theory today struggles to address the lived realities of the ethical life, the possibilities and limitations of embodied action in the world. ![]() Recently it came out in theaters as a feature film and received mixed reviews, but also raised the profile of the work. Watchmen appeared in 1986-87 as a series of 12 comic books and was soon gathered into a graphic novel of 12 chapters. Created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, it has generated, and continues to generate, a deep reconsideration of the superhero and a large following. Watchmen is considered one of the great comics of the twentieth century. ![]()
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