Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The first question I have concerns Hassoun's use of the term 'possible' to constrain the demands of creative resolve.Hassoun argues that creative resolve calls on us to rethink the limits of what we can do, subject to the limits of possibility: "Our creativity should take us to, but only succeeds within the bounds of, the possible" (Hassoun 2024, 131)."We should not persist in trying to help people in the face of impossibility … we should persist only insofar as necessary and where possible and permissible" (Hassoun 2024, 137, my emphasis)."Creative resolve assists us in finding good ways to overcome apparent tragedy when possible" (Hassoun 2024, 128, original emphasis).Creative resolve is also constrained by the "proviso that we must only try to fulfill the conditions for creative resolve insofar as necessary and where possible and otherwise morally permissible[.]"
Source: Journal of Social Philosophy
DOI: 10.1111/josp.70034
Author: Johann Go
Institution: University College London
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,350
OpenAlex ID: W7127045236