Rethinking evil : contemporary perspectives

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780449203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2001
• ISBN: 0-520-93555-1; 1-59734-864-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 pages)
• Disciplina: 111.84; 170
• Soggetti: Good and evil
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: Contemporary Perspectives; PART ONE: A Critical Review of Evil; PART TWO: Evil and Moral Philosophy; PART THREE: Postmetaphysical Approaches for a Theory of Evil; PART FOUR: Narratives of Evil; NOTES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This innovative volume will be welcomed by moral and political philosophers, social scientists, and anyone who reflects seriously on the twentieth century's heavy burden of war, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other evidence of people's desire to harm one another.