The relationship between ethics and seeing in the philosophy of Wittgenstein

In this thesis, which takes Wittgenstein's assertion that "Human beings can regard all the evil within them as blindness" as its basis, the nature of the relationship between evil and blindness is questioned. To this end, the thesis argues that Wittgenstein, in both his early and late philosophy, associates ethics with seeing and contends that discussions on ethics require a philosophy of psychology that addresses forms of seeing. In the first chapter of the thesis, the relationship between ethics and seeing in Wittgenstein's early philosophy is elaborated. This chapter focuses on the relationship of the good, which he describes as transcendent and absolute, with the will, discussing the necessity of the will as the subject of the ethical. In the second chapter, the thesis details how Wittgenstein's investigations into the grammar of language, the will, aspect seeing and his discussions on the freedom of the will in his late philosophy have led to a transformation in his thoughts on ethics. This chapter explores Wittgenstein's concepts of aspect seeing and aspect blindness, revealing the relationship of evil to aspect blindless.