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1. link.springer.com › article › 10Moral Innocence as Illusion and Inability | Philosophia

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   Jan 16, 2015 · The concept of moral innocence is frequently referenced in popular culture, ordinary language, literature, religious doctrine, and psychology. The morally innocent are often thought to be morally pure, incapable of wrongdoing, ignorant of morality, resistant to sin, or even saintly. In spite of, or perhaps because of this frequency of use the characterization of moral innocence continues to ...

   • Author: Zachary J. Goldberg
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   • Publish Year: 2015

2. link.springer.com › content › pdfMoral Innocence as Illusion and Inability - Springer

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   The argument proceeds to distinguish moral innocence from both “simple moral ignorance” and moral purity. I posit “simple moral ignorance” as the absence of any moral acumen whatsoever. To equate moral innocence with simple moral ignorance is inaccurate because the morally innocent do indeed recognize a moral order, albeit one that is ...

   • Author: Zachary J. Goldberg

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   Sep 25, 2017 · Such questions form the basis of this series of fine essays in literature and theology, from Elizabeth S. Dodd’s discussion of the work of the metaphysical poets John Donne, George Herbert, and Thomas Traherne (Dodds having already written a full-length book on Traherne entitled Boundless Innocence [2015]), to Devon Abts on Geoffrey Hill and Gerard Manley Hopkins, Carl E. Findley on Robert ...

   • Author: David Jasper

   • Publish Year: 2017

4. www.cambridgescholars.com › resources › pdfsLiterature and Ethics - Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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   term “literature” is fraught with connotations whic h could leave one stranded in a sea of post-structural relativity, or which would reignite the debate between highbrow and lowbrow, or fire up T. S. Eliot’s canon once more. 2 For the purpose of this volume, a provisional definition of literature

5. www.cambridgescholars.com › resources › pdfsA World of Lost Innocence - Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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   two central concerns: the innocence of the characters within the texts, and the epistemological journey of the reader. Deriving from the Latin word “nocens”,1 “innocence” is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “[t]he quality or fact of being innocent”; the definition continues, innocence is “[f]reedom from sin, guilt, or moral

6. www.jstor.org › stable › 3751642Innocence - JSTOR

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   moral innocent is like a child who does not know what he is doing.'2 There is a temptation to add, with Peter Johnson, that 'innocence as moral purity implies an inability to inflict harm.' However that seems too hasty. What it does imply is an inability to inflict harm intentionally.3 Unlike innocence of a deed, the conception of an innocent ...

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   What is a morally innocent person?

   • The morally innocent are often thought to be morally pure, incapable of wrongdoing, ignorant of morality, resistant to sin, or even saintly. In spite of, or perhaps because of this frequency of use the characterization of moral innocence continues to have varying connotations.

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   What is moral innocence?

   • Therefore, moral innocence is most accurately understood as illusion begotten inability—specifically, an inability to participate in the moral community. What precisely is the ability to participate in the moral community? I have briefly remarked that it is the ability to engage in “appropriate exchanges of praise and blame with others”.

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   What does innocence mean?

   • Deriving from the Latin word “nocens”,1 “innocence” is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “[t]he quality or fact of being innocent”; the definition continues, innocence is “[f]reedom from sin, guilt, or moral wrong in general; the state of being untainted with, evil; moral purity [...] Freedom from specific guilt [...]

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   Do the morally innocent recognize a moral order?

   • On the contrary, the morally innocent tend to recognize a moral order, albeit one that is unsophisticated, rudimentary, and incomplete. We find that the morally innocent are unable to engage in the appropriate exchange of blame and praise, or to “go on” in the moral conversation—the hallmark of participation in the moral community.

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   Does the morally innocent lack moral acumen?

   • To support this claim, I rejected the intuition that the morally innocent completely lack moral acumen whatsoever. On the contrary, the morally innocent tend to recognize a moral order, albeit one that is unsophisticated, rudimentary, and incomplete.

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   What makes people innocent?

   • This inability is precisely what makes them innocent. Rather than being a sign of “simple ignorance” or purity, innocence is characterized by inability—an inability brought about by moral illusions. My goal has been the clarification of the concept of moral innocence.

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   Jun 1, 2015 · The concept of moral innocence is frequently referenced in popular culture, ordinary language, literature, religious doctrine, and psychology. The morally innocent are often thought to be morally ...