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Inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Stanley Cavell this book is a profoundlyoriginal philosophical work put together as a network of quotations to showthat our language is never our own and that ethics can be understood as aneffect of our attitude to language. It is a meditation on justice and addressesthe question of how to lead a nonviolent life and acknowledge the humanity ofothers following 911 and extending right up to the current moment.Usingextensive interdisciplinary sources Evil and Silence investigates the natureof evil and the ways to make a life worth living in the face of such a fact ofexistence. It argues that we must reject the choice of violence as a justifiedway of life and embrace the creative efforts of nonviolence. The text beginswith Socrates argument that it is never just to harm another and ends withCages exploration of silence as all the sounds we dont intend. Drawing on hispast work in philosophy of language and music Fleming develops arguments forthe logic of nonviolence and the value of silence. He demonstrates that livingconsistently by way of silence and meaningful sound understanding the musicand language of our lives is a justified response to the truth and miseries ofevil. «
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