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Chapter 4 - The Vitality of the Moral Middle Ground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

Hubert J. M. Hermans
Affiliation:
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
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Summary

Some phenomena demonstrating that moral good and bad can form productive coalitions on a moral middle ground are presented in this chapter: healthy selfishness, Machiavellianism, the case of Oskar Schindler, black humor, grey hat hackers, transgressive art, the combination of the pure and impure in the tradition of Émile Durkheim, and the repositioning of the “wrong” other-in-the-self. Three practical implications are outlined: a guideline to evaluating transgressive art beyond one’s first emotional response and the existence of grey areas in the abortion discussion and in the #MeToo debate.

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Entering the Moral Middle Ground
Who Is Afraid of the Grey Wolf?
, pp. 144 - 184
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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