Research article
Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory
Polityczna, moralna czy kryminalna? Rozważania o winie na podstawie teorii Karla Jaspersa
Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, nr 2(17)/2018, s. 90-101
English
Abstract
This article concerns guilt as a concept which lies at the intersection of law and philosophy. My reflections are founded on Karl Jaspers’ lectures entitled The Question of German Guilt . Jaspers distinguished four types of guilt: criminal, political, moral, and metaphysical. This distinction was made immediately after the Second World War, during the Nuremberg trials, when the problem of the German guilt was widely debated – both by the Allies, the victors, and in the German society. What is superimposed on this distinction is the issues of collective and individual guilt. A clear demarcation was intended (according to the philosopher himself) to clarify these issues and to come to the truth. My task in this text was to present Karl Jaspers’ guilt theory, to explain its ambiguous fragments, to challenge the objections against this theory, and to attempt to apply it to the Polish discussion about lustration.
Keywords
- guilt
- political responsibility
- collective guilt
- individual guilt
- lustration
- memory studies
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Issue nr 2(17)/2018
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J. Jezierska, Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory, „Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej” nr 2(17)/2018, s. 90–101, DOI: 10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90
ACM
[1] Justyna Jezierska. 2018. Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory. AFPiFS 2(17) (2018), 90–101. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90
ACS
(1) Jezierska, J. Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory. AFPiFS 2018, No. 2(17), 90–101. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90.
APA
Jezierska, J. (2018). Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 2(17), 90–101. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90
ABNT
JEZIERSKA, Justyna. Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory. Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, n. 2(17), p. 90–101, 2018.
Chicago
Jezierska, Justyna. “Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(17) (2018): 90–101. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90.
Harvard
Jezierska, J. (2018) “Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory,” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, 2(17), pp. 90–101. Available at: https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90.
IEEE
[1] J. Jezierska, “Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory,” AFPiFS, no. 2(17), pp. 90–101, 2018, doi: 10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90.
MLA
Jezierska, Justyna. “Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(17), 2018, pp. 90–101, https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90.
Turabian
Jezierska, Justyna. “Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory.” Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej, no. 2(17) (2018): 90–101. https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90.
Vancouver
1. Jezierska J. Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory. AFPiFS. 2018;2(17):90–101. doi:10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90
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Justyna Jezierska, ‘Political, Moral or Criminal? Reflections on Guilt Based on Karl Jaspers’ Theory’ (2018) 2(17) AFPiFS 90 <https://doi.org/10.36280/afpifs.2018.2.90>.