The Idea of Evil

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Author: Peter Dews ISBN: 9781118394229
Publisher: Wiley Publication: August 2, 2012
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: Peter Dews
ISBN: 9781118394229
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: August 2, 2012
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary.

  • Surveys the intellectual debate on the nature of evil over the past two hundred years
  • Engages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno
  • Suggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western culture
  • Argues that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term ‘evil’, we cannot do without it
  • Concludes that if we use the concept of evil, we must acknowledge its religious dimension
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This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary.

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