Ethics and the Problem of Evil

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253024382
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis Ethics and the Problem of Evil by : Marilyn McCord Adams

Download or read book Ethics and the Problem of Evil written by Marilyn McCord Adams and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative essays that seek “to turn the attention of analytic philosophy of religion on the problem of evil . . . towards advances in ethical theory” (Reading Religion). The contributors to this book—Marilyn McCord Adams, John Hare, Linda Zagzebski, Laura Garcia, Bruce Russell, Stephen Wykstra, and Stephen Maitzen—attended two University of Notre Dame conferences in which they addressed the thesis that there are yet untapped resources in ethical theory for affecting a more adequate solution to the problem of evil. The problem of evil has been an extremely active area of study in the philosophy of religion for many years. Until now, most sources have focused on logical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues, leaving moral questions as open territory. With the resources of ethical theory firmly in hand, this volume provides lively insight into this ageless philosophical issue. “These essays—and others—will be of primary interest to scholars working in analytic philosophy of religion from a self-consciously Christian standpoint, but its audience is not limited to such persons. The book offers illustrative examples of how scholars in philosophy of religion understand their aims and how they go about making their arguments . . . hopefully more work will follow this volume’s lead.”—Reading Religion “Recommended.”—Choice

Ethics of Evil

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429913346
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Ethics of Evil by : Jon Mills

Download or read book Ethics of Evil written by Jon Mills and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's world where every form of transgression enjoys a psychological motive and rational justification, psychoanalysis stands alone in its ability to uncover the hidden motives that inform individual and social collective behaviour. Both in theory and practice, it bears witness to the impact of anonymity on the potential for perpetration, especially when others are experienced as faceless, disposable objects whose otherness is, at bottom, but a projection, displacement, and denial of our own interiority-in short, the evil within. In keeping with this perspective, Ethics of Evil rejects facile rationalizations of violence; it also rejects the idea that evil, as a concept, is inscrutable or animated by demonic forces. Instead, it evaluates the moral framework in which evil is situated, providing a descriptive understanding of it as a plurality and a depth psychological perspective on the threat it poses for our well-being and ways of life. In so doing, it also fashions and articulates an ethical stance that recognizes the intrinsic link between human freedom and the potential for evil.

Ethics

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Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781680302
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (816 download)

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Book Synopsis Ethics by : Alain Badiou

Download or read book Ethics written by Alain Badiou and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil.

Moral Evil in Practical Ethics

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429850182
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Book Synopsis Moral Evil in Practical Ethics by : Shlomit Harrosh

Download or read book Moral Evil in Practical Ethics written by Shlomit Harrosh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of evil is one of the most powerful in our moral vocabulary, and is commonly used today in both religious and secular spheres to condemn ideas, people, their actions, and much else besides. Yet appeals to evil in public debate have often deepened existing conflicts, through corruption of rational discourse and demonization of the other. With its religious overtones and implied absolutism, the concept of evil seems ill-suited to advancing public discourse and pro-social relations in a liberal democracy, as evidenced by its use in the abortion debate. International relations have also suffered from references to an ‘axis of evil.’ Recently, however, philosophers have begun reconceptualising evil within a secular, moral framework, using the idea of evil as the worst kind of immorality to inform and shape our responses to issues like torture, genocide and rape as a weapon of war. This book continues this trend, exploring a constructive role for the concept of evil in practical ethics. Part I of the book begins with two examinations of the concept itself, one focusing primarily on its secular manifestations and the other on evil in its religious context. Individuals are perhaps the primary focus of attributions of evil, and Part II looks at two particular manifestations of evil, in bullying and in mass killing, before considering the nature of evil as an immoral character trait. Part III moves beyond the individual to issues of collective evildoing, evil environments, and political evil. The final part considers responses to evil: can some evil be unforgiveable, and to what extent should we ‘enhance’ ourselves morally so as to prevent future evildoing? These essays, written by leading philosophers from around the world, including the late Claudia Card, will take the philosophical debate on moral evil in practical ethics to a new level.

Ethics, Evil, and Fiction

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198237162
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Ethics, Evil, and Fiction by : Colin McGinn

Download or read book Ethics, Evil, and Fiction written by Colin McGinn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that offers new insights for both, McGinn examines the relations between morality, art and beauty. He shows the value of literary texts as sources of moral illumination.

Engaging Evil

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Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800736401
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Engaging Evil by : William C. Olsen

Download or read book Engaging Evil written by William C. Olsen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.

Moral Evil

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Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626160112
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis Moral Evil by : Andrew Michael Flescher

Download or read book Moral Evil written by Andrew Michael Flescher and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of moral evil has always held a special place in philosophy and theology because the existence of evil has implications for the dignity of the human and the limits of human action. Andrew Michael Flescher proposes four interpretations of evil, drawing on philosophical and theological sources and using them to trace through history the moral traditions that are associated with them. The first model, evil as the presence of badness, offers a traditional dualistic model represented by Manicheanism. The second, evil leading to goodness through suffering, presents a theological interpretation known as theodicy. Absence of badness—that is, evil as a social construction—is the third model. The fourth, evil as the absence of goodness, describes when evil exists in lieu of the good—the "privation" thesis staked out nearly two millennia ago by Christian theologian St. Augustine. Flescher extends this fourth model—evil as privation—into a fifth, which incorporates a virtue ethic. Drawing original connections between Augustine and Aristotle, Flescher’s fifth model emphasizes the formation of altruistic habits that can lead us to better moral choices throughout our lives. Flescher eschews the temptation to think of human agents who commit evil as outside the norm of human experience. Instead, through the honing of moral skills and the practice of attending to the needs of others to a greater degree than we currently do, Flescher offers a plausible and hopeful approach to the reality of moral evil.

Evil in Modern Thought

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691168504
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Book Synopsis Evil in Modern Thought by : Susan Neiman

Download or read book Evil in Modern Thought written by Susan Neiman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether expressed in theological or secular terms, evil poses a problem about the world's intelligibility. It confronts philosophy with fundamental questions: Can there be meaning in a world where innocents suffer? Can belief in divine power or human progress survive a cataloging of evil? Is evil profound or banal? Neiman argues that these questions impelled modern philosophy. Traditional philosophers from Leibniz to Hegel sought to defend the Creator of a world containing evil. Inevitably, their efforts--combined with those of more literary figures like Pope, Voltaire, and the Marquis de Sade--eroded belief in God's benevolence, power, and relevance, until Nietzsche claimed He had been murdered. They also yielded the distinction between natural and moral evil that we now take for granted. Neiman turns to consider philosophy's response to the Holocaust as a final moral evil, concluding that two basic stances run through modern thought. One, from Rousseau to Arendt, insists that morality demands we make evil intelligible. The other, from Voltaire to Adorno, insists that morality demands that we don't.

The Ethics of Capital Punishment

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199642184
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ethics of Capital Punishment by : Matthew H. Kramer

Download or read book The Ethics of Capital Punishment written by Matthew H. Kramer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a fresh look at a central controversy in criminal law theory, The Ethics of Capital Punishment presents a rationale for the death penalty grounded in a theory of the nature of evil and the nature of defilement. Original, unsettling, and deeply controversial, it will be an essential reference point for future debates on the subject.

The Problem of Evil

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198248660
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis The Problem of Evil by : Marilyn McCord Adams

Download or read book The Problem of Evil written by Marilyn McCord Adams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of important writings fills the need for an anthology that adequately represents recent work on the problem of evil. This is perhaps one of the most discussed topics in the philosophy of religion, and is of perennial interest to philosophers and theologians.

Evil Online

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405154373
Total Pages : 175 pages
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Book Synopsis Evil Online by : Dean Cocking

Download or read book Evil Online written by Dean Cocking and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I am delighted to offer my highest praise to Dean Cocking and Jeroen van den Hoven's brilliant new book, Evil Online. The confrontation between good and evil occupies a central place in the challenges facing our human nature, and this creative investigation into the spread of evil by means of all-powerful new technologies raises fundamental questions about our morality and values. Cocking and Van den Hoven's account of the moral fog of evil forces us to face both the demons within each of us as well as the demons all around us. In the end, we are all enriched by their perceptive analyses." —Phil Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University Principal Investigator, Stanford Prison Experiment "The internet offers new and deeply concerning opportunities for immorality, much of it shocking and extreme. This volume explains with great insight and clarity the corrupting nature of the internet and the moral confusion it has produced. It will play a vital role in the growing debate about how to balance the benefits of the internet against the risks it poses to all of us. Evil Online is an excellent book." —Roger Crisp, Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford We now live in an era defined by the ubiquity of the internet. From our everyday engagement with social media to trolls on forums and the emergence of the dark web, the internet is a space characterized by unreality, isolation, anonymity, objectification, and rampant self-obsession—the perfect breeding ground for new, unprecedented manifestations of evil. Evil Online is the first comprehensive analysis of evil and moral character in relation to our increasingly online lives. Chapters consider traditional ideas around the phenomenon of evil in moral philosophy and explore how the dawn of the internet has presented unprecedented challenges to older theoretical approaches. Cocking and Van den Hoven propose that a growing sense of moral confusion—moral fog—pushes otherwise ordinary, normal people toward evildoing, and that values basic to moral life such as autonomy, intimacy, trust, and privacy are put at risk by online platforms and new technologies. This new theory of evildoing offers fresh insight into the moral character of the individual, and opens the way for a burgeoning new area of social thought. A comprehensive analysis of an emerging and disturbing social phenomenon, Evil Online examines the morally troubling aspects of the internet in our society. Written not only for academics in the fields of philosophy, psychology, information science, and social science, Evil Online is accessible and compelling reading for anyone interested in understanding the emergence of evil in our digitally-dominated world.

The Lesser Evil

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691123934
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Book Synopsis The Lesser Evil by : Michael Ignatieff

Download or read book The Lesser Evil written by Michael Ignatieff and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Must we fight terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety? In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction too by the anxiety that a violent response to violence makes us morally indistinguishable from our enemies. There is perhaps no greater political challenge today than trying to win the war against terror without losing our democratic souls. Michael Ignatieff confronts this challenge head-on, with the combination of hard-headed idealism, historical sensitivity, and political judgment that has made him one of the most influential voices in international affairs today. Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence--that far from undermining liberal democracy, force can be necessary for its survival. But its use must be measured, not a program of torture and revenge. And we must not fool ourselves that whatever we do in the name of freedom and democracy is good. We may need to kill to fight the greater evil of terrorism, but we must never pretend that doing so is anything better than a lesser evil. In making this case, Ignatieff traces the modern history of terrorism and counter-terrorism, from the nihilists of Czarist Russia and the militias of Weimar Germany to the IRA and the unprecedented menace of Al Qaeda, with its suicidal agents bent on mass destruction. He shows how the most potent response to terror has been force, decisive and direct, but--just as important--restrained. The public scrutiny and political ethics that motivate restraint also give democracy its strongest weapon: the moral power to endure when the furies of vengeance and hatred are spent. The book is based on the Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Edinburgh in 2003.

God's Own Ethics

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198796919
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Book Synopsis God's Own Ethics by : Mark C. Murphy

Download or read book God's Own Ethics written by Mark C. Murphy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I. The ethics of an Anselmian being -- Anselmianism about God -- Is the Anselmian being loving? -- Is the Anselmian being morally good? -- The ethics of the Anselmian being I (promotion) -- The ethics of the Anselmian being II (respect) -- The argument from evil and the ethics of the Anselmian being -- Part II. God's ethics -- Worship-worthiness and allegiance-worthiness -- The good of religion and contingent divine ethics -- The argument from evil and God's contingent ethics

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317394402
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil by : Thomas Nys

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil written by Thomas Nys and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why ought we concern ourselves with understanding a concept of evil? It is an elusive and politically charged concept which critics argue has no explanatory power and is a relic of a superstitious and primitive religious past. Yet its widespread use persists today: we find it invoked by politicians, judges, journalists, and many others to express the view that certain actions, persons, institutions, or ideologies are not just morally problematic but require a special signifier to mark them out from the ordinary and commonplace. Therefore, the question of what a concept of evil could mean and how it fits into our moral vocabulary remains an important and pressing concern. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil provides an outstanding overview and exploration of these issues and more, bringing together an international team of scholars working on the concept of evil. Its 27 chapters cover the crucial discussions and arguments, both historical and contemporary, that are needed to properly understand the historical development and complexity of the concept of evil. The Handbook is divided into three parts: Historical explorations of evil Recent secular explorations of evil Evil and other issues. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of ethics and philosophy of psychology. It also provides important insights and background for anyone exploring the concept of evil in related subjects such as literature, politics, and religion.

The Evil Within

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190685395
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evil Within by : Diane Jeske

Download or read book The Evil Within written by Diane Jeske and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson and Edward Coles were men of similar backgrounds, yet they diverged on the central moral wrong of this country's history: the former remained a self-justified slave-holder, while the latter emancipated his slaves. What led these men of the same era to choose such different paths? They represent one of numerous examples in this work wherein examining the ways in which people who perform wrong and even evil actions attempt to justify those actions both to others and to themselves illuminates the mistakes that we ourselves make in moral reasoning. How do we justify moral wrongdoing to ourselves? Do we even notice when we are doing so? The Evil Within demonstrates that the study of moral philosophy can help us to identify and correct for such mistakes. In applying the tools of moral philosophy to case studies of Nazi death camp commandants, American slave-holders, and a psychopathic serial killer, Diane Jeske shows how we can become wiser moral deliberators. A series of case studies serve as extended real-life thought experiments of moral deliberation gone awry, and show us how four impediments to effective moral deliberation -- cultural norms and pressures, the complexity of the consequences of our actions, emotions, and self-deception -- can be identified and overcome by the study and application of moral philosophy. Jeske unsparingly examines the uncomfortable parellels between the moral deliberations of those who are transparently evil (e.g. psychopaths, Nazis), and our own moral justifications. The Evil Within ultimately argues for incorporating moral philosophy into moral education, so that its tools can become common currency in moral deliberation, discussion, and debate.

Defining Ethics Good & Evil

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Publisher : Philosophy Publishing Co.
ISBN 13 : 9780966112658
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (126 download)

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Book Synopsis Defining Ethics Good & Evil by : Chris Angle

Download or read book Defining Ethics Good & Evil written by Chris Angle and published by Philosophy Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unnecessary Evil

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791448205
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Book Synopsis Unnecessary Evil by : Sharon Anderson-Gold

Download or read book Unnecessary Evil written by Sharon Anderson-Gold and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates the systematic connection between Kant's ethics and his philosophy of history.