SLAVIC 210 Lecture 7: Final Lecture BK
16 Mar 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
You become morally responsible for what you choose not to think about. Ivan could easily know what smerdyakov is saying, but he tries not to think. Irony - the person who says there are only laws of nature > therefore good and evil don" permitted morally. Winds up feeling intensely guilty > suggesting he doesn"t really believe his own beli. Not insincere in his professed beliefs > he believes both. If there are moral standards (if there is good and evil), it pertains only to actions not to w. Ivan winds up feeling guilty for his wishes. Ivan"s own behavior refutes his beliefs (double refutation - only wishes matter, determini. Alyosha has his spiritual crisis right after his interview with ivan and the death of fz. Fz"s body seems to be rotting even faster than a normal body not normal for a saint
