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“With the Gérard Miller case, the moral left discovers the difference between words and actions”

2024-03-06T06:16:16.130Z

Highlights: “With the Gérard Miller case, the moral left discovers the difference between words and actions”. Pierre-Thomas Eckert is a doctoral student in moral philosophy at the European University of Rome. “If even allies turn out to be potential aggressors, who can we rely on? No man can be counted on. » For Autain and Rousseau, action is manifestation… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 85% left to discover. Flash sale €4.49/month for 12 months I ENJOY IT Already subscribed? Log in.


TRIBUNE - After the revelations targeting the psychoanalyst, part of the left was surprised to see a man making feminist speeches accused of rape, forgetting in the process that violent behavior and speeches are two perfectly distinct things, analyzes Pierre-Thomas Eckert, ...


Pierre-Thomas Eckert is a doctoral student in moral philosophy at the European University of Rome.

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“If even allies turn out to be potential aggressors, who can we rely on

?

No man can be counted on.

»

This heartfelt cry from Sandrine Rousseau in the columns of

Elle

magazine came in reaction to the seriousness of the accusations currently weighing on Gérard Miller.

Questioned on the set of “C à vous”, Clémentine Autain admitted to sharing this feeling of indignation, and called for a strong response:

What we are waiting for is a political speech.

»

Indeed, rape, for the moral left, is a highlighting of

our own relationship to power

”.

Only politicization of the phenomenon can create a safe environment for women.

Analyzing this sequence in terms of “discourse”, “politicization” and “power”, as Autain and Rousseau do, is a serious error.

Let's see why.

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