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Dostoevskyâs Legal and Moral Philosophy
The Trial of Dmitri Karamazov
Series: - Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 293
- Philosophy, Literature, and Politics, Volume: 293
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This work closely examines the trial of Dmitri Karamazov as the springboard to explaining and critically assessing Dostoevskyâs legal and moral philosophy. The author connects Dostoevskyâs objections to Russiaâs acceptance of western juridical notions such as the rule of law and an adversary system of adjudication with his views on fundamental human nature, the principle of universal responsibility, and his invocation of unconditional love. Central to Dostoevskyâs vision is his understanding of the relationship between the dual human yearnings for individualism and community. In the process, the author related Dostoevskyâs conclusions to the thought of Plato, Augustine, Anselm, Dante, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Sartre. Throughout the work, the author compares, contrasts, and evaluates Dostoevskyâs analyses with contemporary discussions of the rule of law, the adversary system, and the relationship between individualism and communitarianism.
Raymond Angelo Belliotti, Ph.D. (1977) University of Miami, JD (1982) Harvard Law School, is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Fredonia. He has published 18 other books, including Machiavelliâs Secret (SUNY Press 2015) and Power (SUNY Press 2016). He has also published over 80 articles, and 25 book reviews.
This is an interdisciplinary work that should attract wide interest from those engaged in Russian studies; from scholars of Dostoevsky; from those active in the law and literature genre; from philosophers and legal theorists, particularly those concerned with normative matters; from those involved in the history of ideas and how Dostoevskyâs work relates to the thought of Plato, Augustine, Anselm, Dante, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Sartre; and from those with particular curiosity in The Brothers Karamazov. Written in a non-technical style, this book will be accessible to intelligent lay readers as well.