Responsabilidade pessoal e pensamento em Hannah Arendt

Abstract

The present work deals with questions about personal responsibility and thought in Hannah Arendt, aiming at the analyses of human behavior in social life, whose scope is a reflection of human conduct through the absence of a rational judgment and analytical thinking that are considered as fundamental factors for the performance of man in society. Therefore, the methodology that was used for the development of this research is based on a study of the works of philosopher Hannah Arendt, who according to these investigations, the issue of personal responsibility is seen in the period of the German dictatorship in contrast to the immorality practiced through illegal acts of most people at the time of Nazism and in this way , the absence of thought resulted in making wrong choices. Personal responsibility and thought are fundamental factors for human life, when it comes to moral and ethical life.