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Since Hannah Arendt highlighted the stunning "banality" of his
"evil" crimes, Adolf Eichmann has served posterity as a prime
example of thoughtlessness. This book asks: as civilizations become
ever more integrated, how will the complexities of our activities
respond to the growing proclivity for thoughtlessness? When
administrative necessity eclipses personal responsibility, the
result is often complicity and apathy. Mueller argues for a
practical wisdom in order to meet the challenge of thoughtlessness
that arises in an increasingly bureaucratic world. Her
investigations into the philosophical problems of thoughtlessness
are motivated less by a concern than a desire to solve puzzles than
a concern about the fate of our world, plagued as it is by social,
environmental, political, and moral injustices. How might we help
one another develop the courage to challenge the common view that
the good life must be sought through an unthinking pursuit of ends,
even as that pursuit damages and destroys rather than building a
better world? This book uses Arendtian notions of reflective
thinking and judgment in order to supplement the Aristotelian
conception of practical wisdom. This inquiry helps readers to
understand the particular modes of thinking necessary to grasp, in
a thoughtful, reflective manner, correct aims for action.
Furthermore, it shows that experience that enlarges moral
imagination by considering alternative perspectives can highlight
lived experience in a way that prepares us for virtuous ethical
decision-making. Contrary to Thoughtlessness demonstrates that
reflective thinking and judgment offer critical avenues for
recognizing reliable, yet flexible norms that can serve as
reasonable ends for action. This conception of the thinking and
judging involved in practical wisdom can enhance ethical
deliberations, thereby informing the development of character by
clarifying ends for the pursuit of flourishing.
This work examines thoughtlessness and seeks to illuminate the
necessity and extent that reflection is involved in becoming
practically wise within an Aristotelian virtue ethical framework.
Derived from an Arendtian reading of Kantian aesthetic judgment, an
account of thinking and judging is offered to supplement
traditional accounts of practical wisdom.
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