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Dirty Hands? No (Moral) Problem!

A. Schmitt

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PhilosophyLawDirty handsPolitical philosophy

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In his famous 1973 paper, Michael Walzer introduced “The Problem of Dirty Hands” to political philosophy. A decision-maker, according to Walzer, is “trapped” in a dirty hands-situation if his decision and ensuing actions “may be exactly the right thing to do […] and yet leave the man guilty of a moral wrong. The innocent man, afterwards, is no longer innocent” (Walzer 1973: 160).

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24529-0_14