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The Look of Silence and the Problem of Monstrosity
Film-Philosophy ( IF 0.4 ) Pub Date : 2017-10-01 , DOI: 10.3366/film.2017.0057
Mathew Abbott 1
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In Beyond Moral Judgment, Alice Crary defends a version of moral objectivism which turns on the idea that participation in moral life involves acquired affective proclivities: subjective capacities which nevertheless allow us to be receptive to objective features of the world. In this article, I draw out key aspects and implications of her account with reference to Joshua Oppenheimer's 2014 film The Look of Silence, a companion piece to 2012's The Act of Killing. The film depicts a series of confrontations between optometrist Adi Rukun and warlords and gangsters involved in massacres perpetrated during Indonesia's anti-communist purges. Many of the interviews were carried out under the pretext of conducting eye tests, and the optometric equipment Rukun affixes to the faces of the perpetrators – who often appear quite cavalier about or even proud of their deeds – functions as a stark metaphor for their failures to see the meaning and consequences of their actions. As I work to show, there is something disq...

中文翻译:

沉默的神色和怪物的问题

在《超越道德判断》中,爱丽丝·克拉里 (Alice Crary) 为道德客观主义的一个版本辩护,该版本认为参与道德生活涉及后天的情感倾向:主观能力使我们能够接受世界的客观特征。在这篇文章中,我参考了约书亚·奥本海默 (Joshua Oppenheimer) 2014 年的电影《沉默的外表》(The Look of Silence,2012 年的《杀戮行为》(The Act of Killing) 的配套片,勾勒出她叙述的关键方面和含义。这部电影描绘了验光师 Adi Rukun 与参与印度尼西亚反共清洗期间发生的大屠杀的军阀和歹徒之间的一系列对抗。许多采访是以进行视力检查为借口进行的,加害者脸上的验光设备 Rukun 经常显得傲慢甚至为自己的行为感到自豪 - 作为他们未能看到自己行为的意义和后果的鲜明隐喻。正如我要展示的那样,有一些问题......
更新日期:2017-10-01
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