Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home
Rory J. Conces
orcid.org/0000-0002-8364-3903
; University of Nebraska at Omaha, Department of Philosophy, 317 S. 27th Ave. Apt. 8, US–68131, Omaha, Nebraska
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APA 6th Edition
Conces, R.J. (2022). Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica, 37 (1), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
MLA 8th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 37, no. 1, 2022, pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica 37, no. 1 (2022): 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Harvard
Conces, R.J. (2022). 'Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home', Synthesis philosophica, 37(1), pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Vancouver
Conces RJ. Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2024 November 23];37(1):185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
IEEE
R.J. Conces, "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home", Synthesis philosophica, vol.37, no. 1, pp. 185-200, 2022. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
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APA 6th Edition
Conces, R.J. (2022). Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica, 37 (1), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
MLA 8th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 37, no. 1, 2022, pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica 37, no. 1 (2022): 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Harvard
Conces, R.J. (2022). 'Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home', Synthesis philosophica, 37(1), pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Vancouver
Conces RJ. Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2024 November 23];37(1):185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
IEEE
R.J. Conces, "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home", Synthesis philosophica, vol.37, no. 1, pp. 185-200, 2022. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Full text: german pdf 366 Kb
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APA 6th Edition
Conces, R.J. (2022). Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica, 37 (1), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
MLA 8th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 37, no. 1, 2022, pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica 37, no. 1 (2022): 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Harvard
Conces, R.J. (2022). 'Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home', Synthesis philosophica, 37(1), pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Vancouver
Conces RJ. Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2024 November 23];37(1):185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
IEEE
R.J. Conces, "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home", Synthesis philosophica, vol.37, no. 1, pp. 185-200, 2022. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Full text: french pdf 366 Kb
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APA 6th Edition
Conces, R.J. (2022). Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica, 37 (1), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
MLA 8th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 37, no. 1, 2022, pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Conces, Rory J.. "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home." Synthesis philosophica 37, no. 1 (2022): 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Harvard
Conces, R.J. (2022). 'Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home', Synthesis philosophica, 37(1), pp. 185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Vancouver
Conces RJ. Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2024 November 23];37(1):185-200. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
IEEE
R.J. Conces, "Normative Ambiguity Facing Those Who Flee Death during Times of War and Pandemic and Who Eventually Return Home", Synthesis philosophica, vol.37, no. 1, pp. 185-200, 2022. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp37109
Abstract
We dwell in a world of physical things. When it comes to the environments that we live in, we usually become oriented to the place, and eventually feel at home in it. Facing death during war and pandemic are times of extreme disorientation, and we sometimes exhibit an impulse to flee. It is no wonder that in those desperate times, some with means and ability consider fleeing to a safer place. But are we morally obliged to act in ways that would ask us to sacrifice our deepest personal commitments and projects for others to meet their commitments and projects? It is argued here that fleeing Bosnia and Herzegovina during wartime, like what happened in the 90s, and fleeing a city during a pandemic may be morally decent actions. However, it is also an issue of political decency and fractured friendships. In cases or war and pandemic, returning home to contribute to the well-being of those they left behind may be morally and politically decent, but the fractured friendships may contribute to normative ambiguity. Why would anyone trust them again and regard them as a loyal friend? Perhaps reestablishing those trusting friendships may require those who remained behind to do what is supererogatory, i.e., doing more than can reasonably be asked of them, which in this case amounts to forgiving those who fled and giving them a second chance by welcoming them back home.
Keywords
normative ambiguity; caring; decency; orientation; disorientation; fleeing; war; pandemic
Hrčak ID:
285072
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/285072
Publication date:
30.8.2022.
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