Arthur Isak Applbaum (Ordre des livres)

Arthur Isak Applbaum Ordre des livres

Arthur Isak Applbaum explore l'éthique de la vie publique et professionnelle, en examinant les complexités morales inhérentes aux rôles que nous occupons. Ses travaux étudient les considérations éthiques qui découlent de la gestion de situations contradictoires dans les sphères publiques et professionnelles. La recherche d'Applbaum se concentre à l'intersection de la démocratie, de la politique et des institutions, avec un accent particulier sur les dimensions morales de ces domaines.

Ethics for Adversaries

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Ethics for Adversaries is a philosophical inquiry into arguments that are offered to defend seemingly wrongful actions performed by those who occupy what Montaigne called "necessary offices." Applbaum begins by examining the career of Charles-Henri Sanson, who is appointed executioner of Paris by Louis XVI and serves the punitive needs of the ancien regime for decades. Come the French Revolution, the King's Executioner becomes the king's executioner, and he ministers with professional detachment to each defeated political faction throughout the Terror and its aftermath. By exploring one extraordinary role and the arguments that can be offered in its defense, Applbaum raises unsettling doubts about arguments in defense of less sanguinary professions and their practices.