Responsibility and Judgment gathers together unpublished writings from the last decade of Arendt’s life, where she addresses fundamental questions and concerns about the nature of evil and the making of moral choices. At the heart of the book is a profound ethical investigation, “Some Questions of Moral Philosophy,” in which Arendt confronts the inadequacy of traditional moral “truths” as standards to judge what we are capable of doing and examines anew our ability to distinguish good from evil and right from wrong. We also see how Arendt comes to understand that alongside the radical evil she had addressed in earlier analyses of totalitarianism, there exists a more pernicious evil, independent of political ideology, whose execution is limitless when the perpetrator feels no remorse and can forget his acts as soon as they are committed. Responsibility and Judgment is an indispensable investigation into some of the most troubling and important issues of our time.

從對馬克思哲學的探索開始，鄂蘭對整個西方政治思想傳統展開批判性的檢視，這個傳統起於柏拉圖和亞里斯多德，而在馬克思達到高潮和終結。本書顯示鄂蘭是如何體認到該傳統並未能充分解釋人類的行動。本書最主要的長文〈導入政治〉深入思考現代對於政治的偏見，並提出一個問題：政治是否還有意義。當政治被認為是手段，是用以達成其自身之外的目的；當強制力被用來「創造」自由時，政治原則就從地球上消失了。但鄂蘭認為，政治一直是複數人類永不止息的努力，努力共同生活、共享世界，並相互保證彼此的自由。或許它可以再度如此。這就是政治的承諾。

Hannah Arendt's last philosophical work was an intended three-part project entitled "The Life of the Mind," Unfortunately, Arendt lived to complete only the first two parts, "Thinking" and "Willing," Of the third, "Judging," only the title page, with epigraphs from Cato and Goethe, was found after her death. As the titles suggest, Arendt conceived of her work as roughly parallel to the three "Critiques" of Immanuel Kant. In fact, while she began work on "The Life of the Mind," Arendt lectured on "Kant's Political Philosophy," using the" Critique of Judgment" as her main text. The present volume brings Arendt's notes for these lectures together with other of her texts on the topic of judging and provides important clues to the likely direction of Arendt's thinking in this area.

革命的目的在于缔结自由，然而一再出现的情况是革命者最终变成了吞噬自由的恶魔。如何摆脱这一历史怪圈？人类社会是否具有摆脱这一怪圈的可能性？读一读二十世纪最具原创性的思想家汉娜•阿伦特的《论革命》吧，或许你会找到一份希望，一份在黑暗时代等待光明的希望。

An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. “Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal framework for understanding the turbulence of our times”(Nation). Index. An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of voilence in the second half of the 20th century.

本书收录了国际知名作者汉娜·阿伦特等人的16篇文章。书中内容，涵盖面很广。在政治与社会方面：如以塞亚·伯林的《爱因斯坦和以色列》，W.H.奥登的《偏头疼》，加布里埃尔·安南的《马勒的重现》，以及汉娜·阿伦特的《关于暴力的思考》。这本文选中还有其他一些文章，分别出自约瑟夫·布罗茨基、布鲁斯·查特温以及安德列·萨哈罗夫。这些文章在知识界和思想界都曾引起了极大的影响。在文学与艺术方面收录了诸如苏珊·桑塔格的“论摄影”以及琼·迪迪安的《在萨尔瓦多》。罗伯特·洛威尔的《两个诗人》，斯特拉文斯基的《生命之泉》以及罗伯特·休斯的《安迪·沃荷的崛起》等脍炙人口的作品。最后，世界著名漫画家大卫·列文的肖像漫画，为本书增添了极大的阅读乐趣。