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The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil book cover

1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil

Edited By Thomas Nys, Stephen de Wijze Copyright 2019
400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge

400 Pages
by Routledge
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Why ought we concern ourselves with understanding a concept of evil? It is an elusive and politically charged concept which critics argue has no explanatory power and is a relic of a superstitious and primitive religious past. Yet its widespread use persists today: we find it invoked by politicians, judges, journalists, and many others to express the view that certain actions, persons,... Read more

Introduction Thomas Nys and Stephen de Wijze 

Part 1: Historical explorations of Evil 

1. Plato on Evil Alina Scudieri 

2. Augustine on Evil Philip Cary 

3. Aquinas on Evil W. Matthews Grant 

4. Machiavelli: The Drama of Politics and Its Inherent Evil Giovanni Giorgini 

5. Hobbes on Evil Laurens van Apeldoorn 

6. Leibniz On Evil: God’s Justice in the Best of All Possible Worlds Agustín Echavarría 

7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the Origin and Nature of Evil Jason Neidleman 

8. Kant: The Evil in All of Us Matthé Scholten 

9. Sade: Mushroom Clouds and Silver Linings Thomas Nys 

10. Nietzsche’s Critique of Morality and His Effort to Create an Evaluation ‘Beyond Good and Evil’ Paul van Tongeren 

11. Hannah Arendt’s Double Account of Evil: Political Superfluousness and Moral Thoughtlessness Peg Birmingham 

12. After the Fall: Camus on Evil Matthew Sharpe 

Part 2: Recent Secular Explorations of Evil 

13. Deliver us from Evil: The Case for Scepticism Phillip Cole 

14. Does the term ‘evil’ have any explanatory power? Eve Garrard 

15. Defining the concept of evil: Insights from our pre-cognitive responses Stephen de Wijze 

16. Evil and Wrongdoing Todd Calder 

17. Evil Characters Peter Brian Barry 

18. Defining evil actions: Different approaches Luke Russell 

19. Different Substantive Conceptions of Evil Actions Paul Formosa 

Part 3: Evil and other Issues 

20. Evil and Punishment Leo Zaibert 

21. Evil and Forgiveness Kathryn J. Norlock 

22. Evil and Freedom Lars Fr. H. Svendsen 

23. Evil and Power Simona Forti 

24. Evil and Childhood Gideon Calder 

25. Evil’s Diachronic Characteristics Zachary J. Goldberg 

26. Evil, Genocide, and Mass Atrocities Jonathan Leader Maynard 

27. Evil: A Comparative Overview Michiel Leezenberg 

Biography

Thomas Nys is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.





Stephen de Wijze is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Manchester, UK.

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