02597nam 22005655 450 991081660810332120230823003034.01-5036-0583-310.1515/9781503605831(CKB)4340000000258152(MiAaPQ)EBC5317437(DE-B1597)563871(DE-B1597)9781503605831(OCoLC)1178769785(EXLCZ)99434000000025815220200723h20202018 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierKarman A Brief Treatise on Action, Guilt, and Gesture /Giorgio AgambenStanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]©20181 online resource (116 pages)Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics1-5036-0214-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator’s Note -- 1. Causa and Culpa -- 2. Crimen and Karman -- 3. The Aporias of the Will -- 4. Beyond Action -- Bibliography -- Index of Names What does it mean to be responsible for our actions? In this brief and elegant study, Giorgio Agamben traces our most profound moral intuitions back to their roots in the sphere of law and punishment. Moral accountability, human free agency, and even the very concept of cause and effect all find their origin in the language of the trial, which Western philosophy and theology both transform into the paradigm for all of human life. In his search for a way out of this destructive paradigm, Agamben not only draws on minority opinions within the Western tradition but engages at length with Buddhist texts and concepts for the first time. In sum, Karman deepens and rearticulates some of Agamben's core insights while breaking significant new ground.Meridian (Stanford, Calif.)Law and ethicsLawPhilosophyFree will and determinismAct (Philosophy)ResponsibilityLaw and ethics.LawPhilosophy.Free will and determinism.Act (Philosophy)Responsibility.174/.3Agamben Giorgio, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut35813Kotsko Adam802578DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910816608103321Karman3986567UNINA