LEADER 01402nam 2200313Ia 450 001 996387707503316 005 20221107233230.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000086568 035 $a(EEBO)2248522167 035 $a(OCoLC)47012649 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000086568 100 $a20010525d1649 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 02$aA Serious and faithfull representation of the judgements of ministers of the gospell within the province of London$b[electronic resource] $eContained in a letter from them to the generall and his counsel of warre./$fDelivered to his excellency by some of the subscribers, Jan. 18. 1649 210 $aImprinted at London $cby M.B. for Samuel Gellibrand, and Ralph Smith$d1649 215 $a[2], 10 p 300 $aSigned at end: Your servants in the Lord, Tho. Gataker, Pastor of Rotherhith, et. al. 300 $aReproduction of original in: University of London. Library. 330 $aeebo-0169 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yCommonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 607 $aGreat Britain$xChurch history$y17th century 701 $aGataker$b Thomas$f1574-1654.$0825489 801 0$bEAE 801 1$bEAE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996387707503316 996 $aA serious and faithfull representation of the judgements of ministers of the gospell within the province of London$92330574 997 $aUNISA LEADER 04051nam 2200709 450 001 9910807062403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-7130-3 010 $a1-322-52310-X 010 $a0-8014-7131-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801471315 035 $a(CKB)3710000000216382 035 $a(OCoLC)889302534 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10904422 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001589966 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16283999 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001589966 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14880024 035 $a(PQKB)10965071 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001399048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11867874 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001399048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11450143 035 $a(PQKB)11490908 035 $a(OCoLC)966883586 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51955 035 $a(DE-B1597)478620 035 $a(OCoLC)979753475 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801471315 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138630 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10904422 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL683592 035 $a(OCoLC)922998699 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138630 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000216382 100 $a20140815h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe roots of evil /$fJohn Kekes 210 1$aIthaca, New York :$cCornell University Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8014-4368-7 311 $a0-8014-7381-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-252) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Introduction: The Problem and the Approach --$tPart One. Forms of Evil --$t2. The Sleep of Reason --$t3. Perilous Dreams --$t4. A Fatal Fusion --$t5. The Revenge of Ruined Pride --$t6. Wickedness in High Places --$t7. Disenchantment with Ordinary Life --$t8. Taking Stock --$tPart Two. Explanations of Evil --$t9. External Explanations --$t10. A Biological Explanation --$t11. Internal Explanations --$t12. The Mixed Explanation --$t13. Responsibility --$t14. Toward Elementary Decency --$t15. Conclusion: What Is to Be Done? --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex 330 $a"Evil is the most serious of our moral problems. All over the world cruelty, greed, prejudice, and fanaticism ruin the lives of countless victims. Outrage provokes outrage. Millions nurture seething hatred of real or imagined enemies, revealing savage and destructive tendencies in human nature. Understanding this challenges our optimistic illusions about the effectiveness of reason and morality in bettering human lives. But abandoning these illusions is vitally important because they are obstacles to countering the threat of evil. The aim of this book is to explain why people act in these ways and what can be done about it."-John Kekes The first part of this book is a detailed discussion of six horrible cases of evil: the Albigensian Crusade of about 1210; Robespierre's Terror of 1793-94; Franz Stangl, who commanded a Nazi death camp in 1943-44; the 1969 murders committed by Charles Manson and his "family"; the "dirty war" conducted by the Argentinean military dictatorship of the late 1970's; and the activities of a psychopath named John Allen, who recorded reminiscences in 1975. John Kekes includes these examples not out of sensationalism, but rather to underline the need to hold vividly in our minds just what evil is. The second part shows why, in Kekes's view, explanations of evil inspired by Christianity and the Enlightenment fail to account for these cases and then provides an original explanation of evil in general and of these instances of it in particular. 606 $aGood and evil 615 0$aGood and evil. 676 $a170 700 $aKekes$b John$01649031 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807062403321 996 $aThe roots of evil$93997538 997 $aUNINA