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vida moral enferma

English translation: moral decay


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Spanish term or phrase:vida moral enferma
English translation:moral decay
Entered by: S Ben Price
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14:49 Mar 16, 2010
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Social Sciences - Philosophy
Spanish term or phrase: vida moral enferma
From my philosophy paper from hell:

The author could be referencing another work here, or not. The paper is full of one word references jammed into sentences to other philosophical works though, so this may be one. Anyone have any ideas?

She directly refernces Heideger, Hanna Arendt and Kierkegaard a lot - and Gadamer in this paragraph.

Pero como se sabe, la tramposa busca de difuminación de responsabilidades personales en los dark times es un tema típico de la vida moral enferma de las sociedades que se reconstruyan tras la derrota del totalitarismo.
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 07:18
moral decay
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From 'KIERKEGAARD AND NIETZSCHE: CONTRASTS AND COMPARISONS'
"Though Kierkegaard would identify with Nietzsche’s parable of the madman as
illustrative of Denmark’s moral decay, he would never go so far as to advocate the
complete destruction of its existing moral foundations."
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Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:18
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4 +4moral decay
Fiona Kirton
3ailing moral life
Lisa McCarthy


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ailing moral life


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Note added at 9 minutos (2010-03-16 14:59:29 GMT)
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or maybe just "societies' ailing morals".

Can't find any references though.

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Note added at 12 minutos (2010-03-16 15:02:04 GMT)
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or maybe "DISEASED MORAL LIFE"

<preform>Stoning Mary, Royal Court Downstairs, London</br ...
10 Apr 2005 ... but this revival makes Schnitzler look like the David Hare of his time, scrutinising the **diseased morals of his nation**. ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../preformstoning-mary-royal-court-d... - Cached

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ooops, probelm with ref, here it is:

Stoning Mary, Royal Court Downstairs, London</br ...
10 Apr 2005 ... but this revival makes Schnitzler look like the David Hare of his time, scrutinising the ***diseased morals of his nation***. ...
www.independent.co.uk/.../preformstoning-mary-royal-court-d... - Cached

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
moral decay


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From 'KIERKEGAARD AND NIETZSCHE: CONTRASTS AND COMPARISONS'
"Though Kierkegaard would identify with Nietzsche’s parable of the madman as
illustrative of Denmark’s moral decay, he would never go so far as to advocate the
complete destruction of its existing moral foundations."

Fiona Kirton
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

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agree  Lisa McCarthy: I like this one!
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Lisa!

agree  Francisco Rocha
1 hr

agree  franglish
2 hrs

agree  Tracie Shannon Houlihan
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