The Idea of Evil
Blackwell Pub. (2008)
| Abstract | This timely manifesto on the idea of evil written by a leading philosopher intervenes positively in the resurgent debate about evil. Surveys the intellectual debate on the nature of evil over the past two hundred years Engages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno Suggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western culture Argues that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term ‘evil’, we cannot do without it Concludes that if we use the concept of evil, we must acknowledge its religious dimension | |||||||||
| Keywords | Good and evil | |||||||||
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| Call number | BJ1406.D49 2008 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 9781405117043 1405117044 | |||||||||
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