02205nam 2200553Ia 450 991096478520332120251116203641.01-280-07775-10-203-70412-61-134-40610-X0-203-35213-01-134-40611-81-283-96264-0(CKB)1000000000411032(EBL)200252(OCoLC)826853511(MiAaPQ)EBC200252(MiAaPQ)EBC5292608(EXLCZ)99100000000041103220031202d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn evil /Adam Morton1st ed.New York Routledge20041 online resource (169 p.)Thinking in actionDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-30518-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-148) and index.Cover; On Evil; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Evil and Otherness: One; The Barrier Theory of Evil: Two; Nightmare People: Three; Facing Evil: Reconciliation: Four; Notes; IndexEvil has long fascinated psychologists, philosophers, novelists and playwrights but remains an incredibly difficult concept to talk about. On Evil is a compelling and at times disturbing tour of the many faces of evil. What is evil, and what makes people do awful things? If we can explain evil, do we explain it away? Can we imagine the mind of a serial killer, or does such evil defy description? Does evil depend on a contrast with good, as religion tells us, or can there be evil for evil's sake?Adam Morton argues that any account of evil must help us understand three things: wThinking in action.Good and evilEthicsGood and evil.Ethics.170Morton Adam1126883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964785203321On evil4488129UNINA