Timo Slootweg is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy of Law at the Institute for Metajuridica. In 2000, Timo obtained his PhD at the Faculty of Philosophy in Rotterdam. His research interests are in the philosophy and theology of law. His monographs include From Out of the Shadow of the Law: Introduction to the Aesthetics of Law and Along Tragic Horizons: Explorations in the Aesthetics of Morality and Law.
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Tragedy in Ethics and Law
Timo Slootweg
This book explores the relationship between tragedy and the justice that is sought in moral philosophy and the law. It shows how our moral and legal judgments can be seen as aesthetic or tragic judgments, and it considers what kind of passion or vocation moves the science and scholarship of law. It questions how democracy relates to the tragic dimension of existence and the conscience of so-called 'democratic man.' Using...
