1st Edition
Virtuous Responses to Suffering, Tragedy, and Evil
Introduction Eric J. Silverman
Section I: Communal Responses to Suffering, Tragedy, and Evil
1. Tragic Lessons in Moral Suffering and Healing Nancy Sherman
2. Hope for Others as a Good Common Project Aaron D. Cobb
3. Grieving as a Virtuous Response to Feminicidio Danny Marrero
4. Love Thy "Enemy-Neighbor": Affective Polarization and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Notion of Agape Jennifer Wargin
Section II: Individual Responses to Suffering, Tragedy, and Evil
5. Virtues that Mitigate the Deprivations of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Robert J. Hartman
6. Political Injustice and the Limits of Anger as a Response to Tragedy Delaney Verjinski
7. Platonic Sense and Tragic Sensibility Kevin M. Kambo
8. Fatal Resignation Jeremy W. Skrzypek
Section III: Religious Responses to Suffering, Tragedy, and Evil
9. The Problem of Mourning Eleonore Stump
10. Lament as a Virtuous Response to Tragedy Eric J. Silverman
11. The Virtue of Patience, Tragedy, and Theodicy Paul A. Macdonald Jr.
12. Suffering We Would Choose (So God Would Choose for Us) Chris Tweedt
13. Spiritual Surrender and Suffering Jason McMartin.
Index
Biography
Eric J. Silverman is Professor of Philosophy at Christopher Newport University. His interests include ethics, philosophy of religion, and interdisciplinary work in psychology. He is the author, editor, or co‑editor of seven books including: Sexual Ethic in a Secular Age: Is There Still a Virtue of Chastity?, Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays About Heaven, and The Supremacy of Love: An Agape‑Centered Vision of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics.
