4 Quotes by Ágnes Heller

Every gesture of retribution carries in it the risk of escalation. It is not an insignificant possibility that the morally right may result in the morally wrong.

Our model of evil ... is Satan, not because he does the wrong things, but because he induces others to do the wrong things by persuading them that evil is right.

Evil cannot be punished, but it is self-destructive.

Whether moral decisions are evaluated by universal standards or by those of local traditions, moral conflicts are always contextual.