Moral Philosophy and the Art of Silence

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There is something just a little disorienting about a text devoted to silence. What can one say about silence that will not destroy the subject? And there is something almost surprising about the vast literature about silence. The novice who wishes to explore silence without a plan or a map could easily find herself swallowed up by such a teeming sea. The past decade has seen a surge of popular research and writing on silence. There have been memoirs about silence, articles in popular magazines, and chapters in bestselling books about experiences with silent spaces.1 There have been manifestos for silence and polemics against noise.