Introdução: A viabilização da coleta e destinação correta dos resíduos pós-consumo é prevista pela Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS) - Lei n°12.305 de 2010-importante marco regulatório para a gestão ambiental no Brasil. Dentre diversos aspectos enunciados, destacam-se o princípio da responsabilidade compartilhada pelo ciclo de vida dos produtos e o instrumento logística reversa. O art. 33 desta lei considera prioritária a implantação de sistemas de logística reversa (SLR) para seis classes de resíduos, dentre eles os resíduos de equipamentos eletroeletrônicos (REEE). Objetivos: analisar e caracterizar o discurso de gestores do comércio, da indústria, do poder público e das cooperativas, relacionados com o setor de eletroeletrônicos sobre a implantação de SLR. Métodos: Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com nove gestores envolvidos no processo de implantação de SLR de eletroeletrônicos. Os dados foram transcritos, categorizados e posteriormente analisados pelo software Classification Hiérarchique Classificatoire et Cohésitive - CHIC®. O modelo dos múltiplos fluxos foi utilizado para auxiliar no entendimento do processo de formação da PNRS. Resultados: foram obtidas sete árvores hierárquicas de similaridade e quatro grupos com diferentes forças de implicação. Conclusão: Os pontos relevantes identificados mostram que: 1) o Acordo Setorial foi o instrumento escolhido para implantação de SLR de REEE, mas existem entraves entre os setores privado e público, que geraram atrasos para assinatura do Acordo; 2) os custos dos produtos órfãos é um assunto conflitante, onde indústria e comércio não concordam em arcar com os custos; 3) cabe ao governo o papel de educador e fiscalizador dos órfãos; 4) a inclusão das cooperativas de catadores é um tema complexo, que envolve a resolução de questões estruturais e de capacitação de recursos humanos; 5) a participação do consumidor é fundamental para efetividade da logística reversa. / Introduction: The feasibility of collection and proper disposal of post-consumer waste is provided by the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) - Law n° 12.305 2010-important regulatory framework for environmental management in Brazil. Among several aspects listed, highlight the principle of shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products and reverse logistics tool. The art. 33 of this law considers a priority the implementation of reverse logistics systems (SLR) for six classes of waste, including waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Objectives: To analyze and characterize the speech of managers of trade, industry, public authorities and cooperatives, related to consumer electronics over the implementation of SLR. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine managers involved in the implementation of electronic SLR process. Data were transcribed, categorized and analyzed using the software Classification Hierarchique Classificatoire et Cohésitive - CHIC®. The model of \"multiple streams\" was used to assist in understanding the process of formation of PNRS. Results: seven hierarchical trees of similarity and four groups with different forces of implication were obtained. Conclusion: The relevant points identified show that: 1) the \'Sectoral Agreement\' was the instrument chosen for the implementation of the WEEEs SLR, but there are barriers between the private and public sectors, generating delays in signing the agreement; 2) the cost of products \"orphans\" is a conflicting issue where industry and commerce not agree to bear the costs; 3) the government\'s role as an educator and inspector of the \"orphans\"; 4) the inclusion of recycling cooperatives is a complex issue that involves the resolution of structural issues and training of human resources; 5) consumer participation is critical to the effectiveness of the reverse logistics.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:21:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rodolfo Rubens Martins Correa.pdf: 4277144 bytes, checksum: 30c982dc8fdf8e5078d2e4c6017a4a62 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-24 / There is a new associative mechanism in Brazil referred to as a Business Cooperation Network (BCN) that has come to be utilized more and more frequently. BCNs consist of a clustering of small or middle-sized business entities that come together with the objective of the joint development of some activity that are common to all of them. This is achieved through the means of a new business entity formed for the purpose, even while the individual members maintain their own functional autonomy, owner's capital and legal identity as a company. Through the administrative policies developed by the government of the State of Rio Grande of the South, this new type of association has proliferated such that various BCNs are currently active. To the contrary of the configurations used in other countries, there is no legal personification to these business groupings; they have found in civil associations the most adequate structures to accommodate them. Therefore, the absence of proper norms for this new type of association has lead to legal problems that have no expressed solution in legislation. This research paper has the objective of filling in one of these voids. The question to be answered by the present study is whether or not the responsibility of answering to BCN liabilities and obligations corresponds to the member business entities clustered within them. The study has unfolded in three stages. Firstly, Brazilian legislation was analyzed with the purpose of finding answers to the questions raised. Secondly, a survey was carried out by visiting BCNs in the State of Rio Grande of the South in order to interview their directors and verify what practices they have adopted and what their perspectives are on them. Finally, a study of comparative rights was made to verify how the theme was treated in other countries where these clusters have their own legislation. The study sought to verify if there isn't a legal solution expressly provided for by law for this issue. From the survey it was discovered that the BCNs are consolidated as such, and that some of them are headed towards a new level of activity in this form. In almost all the countries studied, the option was for the subsidiary responsibility of the members of the BCNs as an offset to the lack of owner's capital. In conclusion, a coherent legal solution was sought to the issue in question based on all the facets of the study carried out / Há no Brasil um novo mecanismo associativo denominado rede de cooperação empresarial que tem sido utilizado cada vez mais no meio empresarial. Rede de cooperação empresarial consiste em um agrupamento de pequenas ou médias sociedades empresárias que se unem com o fim de desenvolverem em conjunto algumas atividades que lhes são comuns, através de uma nova pessoa jurídica constituída, mas mantendo a personalidade jurídica própria e a autonomia funcional e patrimonial de cada associada. Através de políticas públicas desenvolvidas pelo Governo do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul esse novo tipo associativo tem proliferado e várias redes de cooperação estão em atividade atualmente. Ao contrário do que ocorre em outros países, não há personificação jurídica própria para esses agrupamentos empresariais, que encontraram na associação civil a estrutura mais adequada para abrigá-las. Porém, a ausência de normas próprias para esse novo tipo associativo redunda em problemas jurídicos sem solução expressa na legislação. Este trabalho tem por objetivo o preenchimento de uma dessas lacunas. A indagação a ser respondida pelo presente estudo é se há ou não responsabilidade subsidiária das sociedades empresárias agrupadas em redes de cooperação empresarial pelas obrigações desta. A pesquisa se deu em três etapas. Primeiramente foi analisada a legislação brasileira no intuito de encontrar respostas à questão suscitada. Em segundo lugar foi realizada pesquisa de campo, por meio de visitas a redes de cooperação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, para entrevistar seus dirigentes e verificar quais são as práticas adotadas pelas mesmas e suas perspectivas. Por fim, realizou-se um estudo de direito comparado para verificar como o tema é tratado nos países onde esses agrupamentos empresariais têm legislação própria. Verificou-se não haver uma solução jurídica expressamente prevista na lei para a questão levantada. Pela pesquisa de campo descobriu-se que as redes de cooperação estão consolidadas como tais, e algumas delas caminham para um novo nível de atividade em conjunto. Em quase todos os países estudados optou-se pela responsabilidade subsidiária dos membros dos agrupamentos empresariais como uma contrapartida à ausência de capital social. Concluindo, buscou-se apresentar uma solução jurídica coerente ao problema levantado, com base em toda a pesquisa realizada

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fabricio Dorado Soler.pdf: 955364 bytes, checksum: b289c7ea9e7f12773dda935fb3528d15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-20 / National Solid Waste Policy (NSWP), laid down by Federal Law n. 12,305/2010 and further elaborated by Federal Decree n. 7.404/2010, provides for important instruments to ensure the environmentally sound waste management in Brazil, among which is to highlight the shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products. Shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products, as defined by the NSWP, comprises a set of individualised albeit chained duties imposed upon manufacturers, importers, distributors and sellers as well as consumers and the waste management services providers in order to minimise the amount of waste generated and reduce the impacts on human health and environmental quality resulting from the lifecycle of products. With a view to implementing the shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products, the NSWP has established inter alia duties to take back and manage recycle, recover and/or dispose of end-of-life products (post-consumer waste) in an environmentally sound manner. Taken together, these two duties are known as reverse logistics , which is legally defined by the NSWP as an economic-and-social-development tool consisting of a set of actions, procedures and means aimed at having waste collected and then returned to the private, entrepreneurial sector for either further use/processing into productive lifecycles or other type of environmentally-sound waste disposal. Sectoral agreements constitute one of the ways reverse logistics may be structured and implemented. They are defined as a contractual act entered into by the government (public power) and manufactures, importers, distributors and/or sellers so as to implement the shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products. Both the NSWP and Federal Decree n. 7.404/2010 seem to favour sectoral agreements despite the legal possibility of resorting to regulations and commitment agreements (termo de compromisso). Federal Decree n. 7.404/2010 prescribes the minimum requirements for drafting and proposing sectoral agreements, which shall be analysed by the Ministry of Environment, made open to public consultation and then sent to the Guidance Committee for the Implementation of Reverse Logistics Systems (Cori). Such a Committee may accept the proposal, ask for amendments or determine the archiving thereof when no consensus has been reached during the negotiations. The present study aims at tackling the main legal challenges underpinning the structuring and implementation of reverse logistics systems via sectoral agreements. Moreover, the relevance of the study is associated with the demonstration of possible risk to derail the structuring and implementation of reverse logistics system by the business sector. This is because, by failing to obtain consent to enter into sectoral agreement, the Government may edit rules unilaterally, without, therefore, consider the isonomic, proportionate and reasonable manner its own powers under the shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products, as a holder of public urban sanitation and solid waste management / A Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS), instituída pela Lei Federal n. 12.305/2010 e regulamentada pelo Decreto n. 7.404/2010, traz importantes instrumentos para assegurar a gestão integrada e o gerenciamento ambientalmente adequado de resíduos sólidos, com destaque para a responsabilidade compartilhada pelo ciclo de vida dos produtos. De acordo com a PNRS, a responsabilidade compartilhada pelo ciclo de vida dos produtos compreende o conjunto de atribuições individualizadas e encadeadas dos fabricantes, importadores, distribuidores e comerciantes, assim como dos consumidores e dos titulares dos serviços públicos de limpeza urbana e de manejo dos resíduos sólidos, para minimizar o volume de resíduos sólidos e rejeitos gerados e reduzir os impactos causados à saúde humana e à qualidade ambiental decorrentes do ciclo de vida dos produtos. Nesse sentido, com vistas à implementação da responsabilidade compartilhada, a PNRS institui, entre outros deveres, a obrigação de recolhimento e destinação final ambientalmente adequada de resíduos, denominada logística reversa, que é legalmente definida como instrumento de desenvolvimento econômico e social caracterizado por um conjunto de ações, procedimentos e meios destinados a viabilizar a coleta e a restituição dos resíduos sólidos ao setor empresarial, para reaproveitamento, em seu ciclo ou em outros ciclos produtivos, ou ainda outra destinação final ambientalmente adequada. O acordo setorial, por sua vez, é uma das formas pelas quais os sistemas de logística reversa podem ser estruturados e implementados. Ele é definido como o ato de natureza contratual firmado entre o poder público e fabricantes, importadores, distribuidores ou comerciantes, observando-se, para tanto, a responsabilidade compartilhada pelo ciclo de vida dos produtos, com vista à estruturação do sistema de logística reversa. A Lei Federal e o Decreto regulamentar da PNRS parecem conferir primazia aos acordos setoriais, não obstante a previsão legal dos instrumentos: regulamentos e termos de compromisso. O Decreto Federal n. 7.404/2010 estabelece um rol de requisitos mínimos para a proposta de acordo com o objeto de avaliação do Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA) e ela será sujeita à consulta pública para, em seguida, ser enviada ao Comitê Orientador para Implantação de Sistemas de Logística Reversa (Cori), que poderá aceitá-la, solicitar sua complementação ou determinar o arquivamento do processo, quando não houver consenso na negociação do acordo. O problema que se pretende explorar neste estudo consiste nos principais desafios jurídicos da estruturação e implementação da logística reversa por meio dos acordos setoriais. A relevância do trabalho está associada à possível demonstração do risco de se inviabilizar a implantação do sistema de logística reversa pelo setor empresarial. Isso porque, ao não se obter consentimento para celebração de acordo setorial, o Poder Público poderá editar regulamento, unilateralmente, sem que, para tanto, considere de forma isonômica, proporcional e razoável suas próprias atribuições no âmbito da responsabilidade compartilhada pelo ciclo de vida dos produtos, na condição de titular dos serviços públicos de limpeza urbana e de manejo de resíduos sólidos

Introdução: A viabilização da coleta e destinação correta dos resíduos pós-consumo é prevista pela Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos (PNRS) - Lei n°12.305 de 2010-importante marco regulatório para a gestão ambiental no Brasil. Dentre diversos aspectos enunciados, destacam-se o princípio da responsabilidade compartilhada pelo ciclo de vida dos produtos e o instrumento logística reversa. O art. 33 desta lei considera prioritária a implantação de sistemas de logística reversa (SLR) para seis classes de resíduos, dentre eles os resíduos de equipamentos eletroeletrônicos (REEE). Objetivos: analisar e caracterizar o discurso de gestores do comércio, da indústria, do poder público e das cooperativas, relacionados com o setor de eletroeletrônicos sobre a implantação de SLR. Métodos: Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com nove gestores envolvidos no processo de implantação de SLR de eletroeletrônicos. Os dados foram transcritos, categorizados e posteriormente analisados pelo software Classification Hiérarchique Classificatoire et Cohésitive - CHIC®. O modelo dos múltiplos fluxos foi utilizado para auxiliar no entendimento do processo de formação da PNRS. Resultados: foram obtidas sete árvores hierárquicas de similaridade e quatro grupos com diferentes forças de implicação. Conclusão: Os pontos relevantes identificados mostram que: 1) o Acordo Setorial foi o instrumento escolhido para implantação de SLR de REEE, mas existem entraves entre os setores privado e público, que geraram atrasos para assinatura do Acordo; 2) os custos dos produtos órfãos é um assunto conflitante, onde indústria e comércio não concordam em arcar com os custos; 3) cabe ao governo o papel de educador e fiscalizador dos órfãos; 4) a inclusão das cooperativas de catadores é um tema complexo, que envolve a resolução de questões estruturais e de capacitação de recursos humanos; 5) a participação do consumidor é fundamental para efetividade da logística reversa. / Introduction: The feasibility of collection and proper disposal of post-consumer waste is provided by the National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) - Law n° 12.305 2010-important regulatory framework for environmental management in Brazil. Among several aspects listed, highlight the principle of shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products and reverse logistics tool. The art. 33 of this law considers a priority the implementation of reverse logistics systems (SLR) for six classes of waste, including waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Objectives: To analyze and characterize the speech of managers of trade, industry, public authorities and cooperatives, related to consumer electronics over the implementation of SLR. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine managers involved in the implementation of electronic SLR process. Data were transcribed, categorized and analyzed using the software Classification Hierarchique Classificatoire et Cohésitive - CHIC®. The model of \"multiple streams\" was used to assist in understanding the process of formation of PNRS. Results: seven hierarchical trees of similarity and four groups with different forces of implication were obtained. Conclusion: The relevant points identified show that: 1) the \'Sectoral Agreement\' was the instrument chosen for the implementation of the WEEEs SLR, but there are barriers between the private and public sectors, generating delays in signing the agreement; 2) the cost of products \"orphans\" is a conflicting issue where industry and commerce not agree to bear the costs; 3) the government\'s role as an educator and inspector of the \"orphans\"; 4) the inclusion of recycling cooperatives is a complex issue that involves the resolution of structural issues and training of human resources; 5) consumer participation is critical to the effectiveness of the reverse logistics.

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Salienta-se que a PNRS determina que os sistemas de logística reversa devem ser executados pela cadeia produtiva dos materiais, porém compete aos gestores públicos, a fiscalização e monitoramento dos mesmos. Assim, este estudo buscou analisar a implementação, por todos os envolvidos na cadeia, das rotinas de logística reversa das embalagens plásticas de óleos lubrificantes na Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio dos Sinos. Para alcançar o objetivo proposto, a pesquisa foi subdividida em etapas. Inicialmente, as metas estipuladas no Acordo Setorial foram analisadas de modo comparativo com as metas propostas nos planos inerentes a PNRS, sendo eles: plano nacional, estadual do Rio Grande do Sul, Regional e 26 planos municipais. A seguir, como a ênfase desta pesquisa permeou o estudo da responsabilidade compartilhada no sistema de logística reversa de embalagens plásticas de óleos lubrificantes (SLREPOL), foi possível conhecer o comportamento dos diversos atores envolvidos neste sistema. Por fim, a efetividade da responsabilidade compartilhada foi avaliada a partir da reflexão sobre o comportamento dos diversos atores envolvidos no sistema de logística reversa e o papel estipulado na legislação vigente. Os diversos atores foram estudados utilizando-se das técnicas de entrevistas com gestor público estadual da FEPAM e do MMA, representante da empresa de coleta das embalagens plásticas; visitas técnicas à Central de Triagem e empresa recicladora; envio por email de 26 questionários aos municípios do Pró-Sinos (com 39% de retorno); e, aplicação de 143 formulários em pontos geradores de embalagens. Os municípios foram divididos em grupos de acordo com o impacto, devido à quantidade de pontos geradores de embalagens (PGE). Foi possível concluir que não ocorre diálogo entre Estado e Municípios, quanto à temática logística reversa de embalagens plásticas de óleos lubrificantes. A fiscalização e monitoramento do sistema são pontuais e esporádicos, e ainda não ocorrem em todo o comércio varejista de óleos lubrificantes. Após 15 anos, o SLREPOL ainda não é obrigatório em todos os estabelecimentos geradores de embalagens plásticas de óleos lubrificantes na área estudada. / The enactment of the National Solid Waste Policy - PNRS realigned the scene of Brazil's basic sanitation, with responsibilities linked to everyone involved in the product life cycle. As a planning tool for policy, we highlight the plans of solid waste, including mandatory for federal fund raising. Please note that the PNRS determines that the reverse logistics systems must be performed by the supply chain of materials, but it is for the public managers, supervision and monitoring of the same. This study sought to examine the implementation by all involved in the chain of reverse logistics routines of plastic packaging of lubricating oils in the basin of the Rio dos Sinos. To achieve the proposed objective, the research was divided into stages. Initially, the goals stipulated in the Sectoral Agreement were analyzed comparative way with the goals proposed in the plans inherent in PNRS, namely: national, state of Rio Grande do Sul, regional and 26 municipal plans. Next, as the emphasis of this research permeated the study of shared responsibility in the reverse logistics system of plastic packaging of lubricating oils (SLREPOL), it was possible to know the behavior of the various actors involved in this system. Finally, the effectiveness of shared responsibility was evaluated from the behavior of the reflection of the various actors involved in the reverse logistics system and the role stipulated by law. The various actors were studied using the techniques of interviews with state public manager FEPAM and the MMA, representative collection company of plastic packaging; technical visits to the Screening Center and recycling company; e-mailing questionnaires to 26 municipalities of the Pro-bells (39% return); and application of 143 forms in packs of generating points. The municipalities were divided into groups according to the impact due to the amount of packaging generator points (PGE). It was possible to conclude that there is dialogue between the state and municipalities, as the theme reverse logistics plastic packaging of lubricating oils. The inspection and monitoring system are occasional and sporadic and does not occur throughout the retail sale of lubricating oils. After 15 years, the SLREPOL is not binding in the generating facilities of plastic packaging of lubricating oils in the study area.

My essay is about the transition between home and preschool and takes its starting point in two stories. The first describes an induction conversation and how I as an educator react and act on the basis of the reactions of the two caregivers. The second story also depicts two different reactions from caregivers just before they go home after the first day of preschool training.         My purpose with the essay is to find out whether these reactions from caregivers are based on the same problem, institutionalization of childhood. From society's demands on society's members, preschool politics and society's views, it has developed a institutionalization. Through a historical perspective, I want to try to shed light on how it can affect the reactions and actions of legal representatives in the transition between home and preschool.         Shared responsibility, how does it look between home and preschool when society has created an institutionalization of childhood? In my essay I would like to shed light on how the pre-school's policy documents over time influenced and changed the perception of responsibility. From being nurtured in the home and educated in preschool as an institution to give the preschool the responsibility to develop a collaboration between home and preschool in a close and trusting way.         As a ready preschool teacher June 2019 I start working in the business of preschool with a mission that is guided by a new curriculum, “Lpfö 18”. I wondered then, how these changes affect my job as a preschool teacher? In my essay, I want to try to give my views on the changes and how I now think that I can approach the concept of teaching that is part of education.         I will use a scientific essay as a method, where I reflect on my dilemmas and with the help of a historical perspective on preschool politics. By trying to shed light on positions and assignment formulations that have been given may have gained importance in the perception of the shared assignment between home and preschool. Also highlight and reflect on what the new curriculum, “Lpfö 18”, and its reformulations can be of importance in terms of the view of a preschool teacher's mission in the future.

This thesis develops the prioritization guidance and action guidance provided by Iris Marion Young’s Social Connection Model of responsibility for injustice. Young’s parameters of reasoning are limited in their ability to assist responsible agents in determining what they ought to do to fulfill their responsibilities, as they are severed from the structural analysis characteristic of the rest of the SCM. This thesis addresses the resulting limitations by developing categories of prioritization and an action guidance framework. I develop 6 categories of prioritization: power, benefit, interest, centrality, contribution, and control. Applied to social-group-based analysis, these categories determine the strength of the prioritization claim which a given injustice holds over a given social group. The action guidance framework takes the perspective of the political community and works its way through three questions and their corresponding considerations: “What can we do?” –structural change, altering practices, and harm alleviation; “How can we do it?” –understanding sub-issues and sub-options, determining interests, and organizing collectives; and “What can I do?” –eliminating contributory behaviours, and considering personal circumstances. Through this framework, agents can analyze the capacities of the political community and the structures of an injustice to determine which projects should be undertaken and how agents ought to contribute. Finally, the developments of this thesis are applied to the case of landlords and housing, therein establishing the necessity of landlords abandoning rental profits so as to fulfill and not contradict their responsibility to eliminate housing injustice. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA) / This thesis develops the prioritization guidance and action guidance provided by Iris Marion Young’s Social Connection Model of responsibility for injustice. Young’s parameters of reasoning, meant to provide this guidance, are limited in their ability to assist responsible agents in determining what they ought to do to fulfill their responsibilities. This thesis addresses these limitations by developing 6 categories of prioritization and an action guidance framework. The categories of prioritization determine which social groups ought to prioritize a given injustice. Through the action guidance framework, agents can analyze the capacities of the political community and the structures of an injustice to determine which projects should be undertaken and how agents ought to contribute to them. The developments of this thesis are applied to the case of landlords and housing injustice, therein establishing the necessity of landlords abandoning rental profits.

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This thesis is a critical discussion of political thinker Hannah Arendt’s moral thought, as developed in her works from EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM onwards. Arendt, I argue, sought to respond to the moral challenge she saw posed by the phenomenon of banal evildoing, as revealed in Nazi Germany. Banal evildoers are agents who, under circumstances in which their ordinary moral triggers and guides (conscience, moral habits and norms, the behavior of their peers, etc.) are subverted, commit evil despite having no evil intent. Such subversion of ordinary moral voices would appear to absolve these agents from moral responsibility for their acts, which led most commentators to reject claims to such subversion by Nazi collaborators. Arendt, who sees the phenomenon of banal evildoing as factually substantiated, set out to show that such agents possessed other mental capacities (namely, critical and speculative thinking, reflective judging, and free willing), more appropriate for moral decision-making, on which they could have relied even under Nazi conditions. It is for their disregard of such capacities that banal evildoers can be held morally responsible. In this thesis I critically engage with this Arendtian argument. I show how the Nazi subversion of German agents’ ordinary moral voices was achieved. I then exegetically explicate Arendt’s (unfinished) analysis of the above mental capacities and of their moral role. I then argue for the addition of the capacities of empathetic perception and practical wisdom to this understanding of moral performance. In the course of this analysis I show that in responding to this challenge, Arendt develops a powerful argument regarding the moral dangers of overreliance on mental shortcuts in decision-making, a strong argument regarding the interconnectedness between morality and humanness, and implicitly, a novel conception of selfhood that sees otherness as interrelated and interconnected with selfhood, such that concern for others is part of what constitutes, and therefore is inscribed into, care for the self. I end by critically assessing the applicability of Arendt’s moral analysis to more ordinary decisional circumstances than those of Nazi Germany, and the insight this analysis points to regarding the relationship between moral and political decision-making.

This thesis is a critical discussion of political thinker Hannah Arendt’s moral thought, as developed in her works from EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM onwards. Arendt, I argue, sought to respond to the moral challenge she saw posed by the phenomenon of banal evildoing, as revealed in Nazi Germany. Banal evildoers are agents who, under circumstances in which their ordinary moral triggers and guides (conscience, moral habits and norms, the behavior of their peers, etc.) are subverted, commit evil despite having no evil intent. Such subversion of ordinary moral voices would appear to absolve these agents from moral responsibility for their acts, which led most commentators to reject claims to such subversion by Nazi collaborators. Arendt, who sees the phenomenon of banal evildoing as factually substantiated, set out to show that such agents possessed other mental capacities (namely, critical and speculative thinking, reflective judging, and free willing), more appropriate for moral decision-making, on which they could have relied even under Nazi conditions. It is for their disregard of such capacities that banal evildoers can be held morally responsible. In this thesis I critically engage with this Arendtian argument. I show how the Nazi subversion of German agents’ ordinary moral voices was achieved. I then exegetically explicate Arendt’s (unfinished) analysis of the above mental capacities and of their moral role. I then argue for the addition of the capacities of empathetic perception and practical wisdom to this understanding of moral performance. In the course of this analysis I show that in responding to this challenge, Arendt develops a powerful argument regarding the moral dangers of overreliance on mental shortcuts in decision-making, a strong argument regarding the interconnectedness between morality and humanness, and implicitly, a novel conception of selfhood that sees otherness as interrelated and interconnected with selfhood, such that concern for others is part of what constitutes, and therefore is inscribed into, care for the self. I end by critically assessing the applicability of Arendt’s moral analysis to more ordinary decisional circumstances than those of Nazi Germany, and the insight this analysis points to regarding the relationship between moral and political decision-making.