Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values

Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values

In his work on The Tyranny of Values (1954) Carl Schmitt argues that the use of values to justify norms necessarily leads to fanaticism and violence, and therefore must be rejected. This paper aims to show Schmitt’s philosophical assumptions that result from the view of man as dangerous and selfish...

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Autor principal: Paola Premoli De Marchi
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Publicado: Rosenberg & Sellier 2016
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:950f9e87bb77439fb995db13e5252c962021-12-02T10:15:20ZNorms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values10.13128/Phe_Mi-195762280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/950f9e87bb77439fb995db13e5252c962016-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7135https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 In his work on The Tyranny of Values (1954) Carl Schmitt argues that the use of values to justify norms necessarily leads to fanaticism and violence, and therefore must be rejected. This paper aims to show Schmitt’s philosophical assumptions that result from the view of man as dangerous and selfish, and of value as dependent from human will and not from some objective knowledge. As Scheler objected to Weber, the rejection of objective values cannot defend man from arbitrariness and irrationality. Schmitt himself tried to justify norms with the sovereign’s decision, but later realized that this way is not sufficient. Paola Premoli De MarchiRosenberg & SellierarticleSchmittSchelervaluesdecisionismAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 5 (2016)
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values
decisionism
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
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Scheler
values
decisionism
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
Paola Premoli De Marchi
Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values
description In his work on The Tyranny of Values (1954) Carl Schmitt argues that the use of values to justify norms necessarily leads to fanaticism and violence, and therefore must be rejected. This paper aims to show Schmitt’s philosophical assumptions that result from the view of man as dangerous and selfish, and of value as dependent from human will and not from some objective knowledge. As Scheler objected to Weber, the rejection of objective values cannot defend man from arbitrariness and irrationality. Schmitt himself tried to justify norms with the sovereign’s decision, but later realized that this way is not sufficient.
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title Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values
title_short Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values
title_full Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values
title_fullStr Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values
title_full_unstemmed Norms without Values. Philosophical Reflections on Carl Schmitt’s Tyranny of Values
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