On evil / / Adam Morton
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| Autore: |
Morton Adam
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| Titolo: |
On evil / / Adam Morton
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (169 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 170 |
| Soggetto topico: | Good and evil |
| Ethics | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-148) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Evil 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: w |
| Titolo autorizzato: | On evil |
| ISBN: | 1-280-07775-1 |
| 0-203-70412-6 | |
| 1-134-40610-X | |
| 0-203-35213-0 | |
| 1-134-40611-8 | |
| 1-283-96264-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910964785203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Thinking in action.