On Why Gaita Doesn’t Describe Eichmann as Sacred
Issue: Vol 17 No. 2 (2014)
Journal: Implicit Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
Abstract:
In this article we examine a potential problem for Raimond Gaita (born 1946). It arises from the way that Gaita, in Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, affirms the value of describing Eichmann as sacred, yet says that he, as a non-religious person, is unable to describe Eichmann as sacred. We argue that the tension in Gaita’s position does not in reality amount to a contradiction, and so we defuse the potential problem.
Author: Alexander Segal, Morgan Luck
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