Benjamin Hole, “Radically Hopeful Thinking for a Wicked Covid-19 Pandemic Problem,” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 77, no. 2–3 (2021): 751–68, https://doi.org/10.17990/RPF/2021_77_2_0751.
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Benjamin Hole |
| Rights | © 2021 by Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 751-768 |
| Publication | Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia |
| ISSN | 0870-5283 |
| Date | 2021 |
| DOI | 10.17990/RPF/2021_77_2_0751 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This paper explores the prospects of radical hope for addressing the devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Hope is useful for conceptualizing the proper balance between too much fear and too little about our uncertain future. First, I describe the ethical challenge of the pandemic as a wicked problem. Because accepted ethical theories fail to motivate solutions, wicked problems pressure us to develop our value systems, exercise moral imaginations, and discover creative solutions. Second, I develop an Aristotelian account of radical hope, drawing from ancient philosophy, virtue ethics, and recent climate ethics. Radical hope is a novel form of courage, which balances the goal of external success, that something good will emerge from the tragedy, against the goal of living well for its own sake through practical wisdom. I conclude by applying some lessons to our present situation. |
| Date Added | 9/10/2021, 5:12:18 PM |
| Modified | 9/10/2021, 6:20:30 PM |
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