The Righteous and the modesty of the Good. In a book a philosophical reflection on those who oppose Evil

Andrea Tagliaterra’s essay for the editions of the Garivo Foundation investigates a “figure” who is part of the Jewish tradition but which has many topical cues. “Most of the Righteous are distinguished by the absolute normality of their lives and by the circumstances of ordinary life in which they acted”

A merchant who lowers the shutter in the Bazaar in protest? Or does he raise her to hide a threatened girl? A worker who didn’t leave the factory to help his country resist? A woman who doesn’t give in? Who rescues a migrant? Who tolerates abuse? Who are the “Righteous” today? Not the bravoes, not the heroes, not the leaders of this or that claim. But the “Righteous”, who according to Jewish tradition are those who make justice current, “save the whole world”, according to the verse of the Babylonian Talmud made famous by Spielberg, and they do so by remaining invisible, often deliberately not known. But even outside of any religious tradition, they are those people who simply do what is right. At the cost of a sacrifice, of a profound ethical choice.