Paul Ricoeur's (1960) is a pivotal work in his early trilogy, The Philosophy of the Will . It transitions from the descriptive "pure" phenomenology of his first volume to an investigation of the "bad will," asking why evil is a possibility for human beings. Core Thesis: The Disproportion of Man
Ricoeur argues that humans are "intermediate" beings existing in a state of —a fundamental gap between our finite and infinite dimensions. This fragility makes us "fallible," or capable of failing and doing evil, though fallibility itself is not yet the act of evil. Fallible Man: Philosophy of the Will (Ricoeur, ...
Our capacity for universal reason, participation in language, and infinite desire for happiness. Paul Ricoeur's (1960) is a pivotal work in