A Feminist Ethic of RISK (Other Feminist Voices) by Sharon Welch

Author:Sharon Welch [Welch, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2008-10-10T22:46:00+00:00

The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts. For evil to appear disguised as light, charity, historical necessity or social justice is quite bewildering to anyone brought up on our traditional ethical concepts, while for the Christian who bases his life on the Bible it merely confirms the fundamental wickedness of evil .45

Bonhoeffer was tormented by the failure of "moral" and "reasonable" people to persistently work against fascism:

The "reasonable" people's failure is obvious. With the best intentions and a naive lack of realism, they think that with a little reason they can bend back into position the framework that has got out of joint. In their lack of vision they want to do justice to all sides, and so the conflicting forces wear them down with nothing achieved. Disappointed by the world's unreasonableness, they see themselves condemned to ineffectiveness; they step aside in resignation or collapse before the stronger part Y.46

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