Best known as the author of The Origins of Totalitarianism, philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) spent much of her academic and writing career wrestling with questions of morality. This volume presents unpublished writings from the last decade of Arendt's life examining the nature of evil and moral choice and the connection between judgment and responsibility. Kohn (affiliation not cited) provides background information on Arendt's life and ideas in the introduction. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Hannah Arendt was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1906, fled to Paris in 1933, and came to the United States after the outbreak of World War II. She was editorial director of Schocken Books from 1946 to 1948. She taught at Berkeley, Princeton, the University of Chicago, and The New School for Social Research. Arendt died in 1975.

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