Naming evil, judging evil:
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press ©2006
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Beschreibung:Revisions of papers presented at a conference held Jan. 27-29, 2005 at Duke University
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index
Introduction -- Where did all the evils go? / Michael Allen Gillespie -- Seeing darkness, hearing silence : Augustine's account of evil / Stanley Hauerwas -- The Rousseauan revolution and the problem of evil / Ruth W. Grant -- Inequality and the problem of evil / Nannerl O. Keohane -- The butler did it / J. Peter Euben -- Evil and the morality of conviction / David Wong -- Combining clarity and complexity : a layered approach to cross-cultural ethics / Elizabeth Kiss -- Liberal dilemmas and moral judgment / Malachi Hacohen -- Between bigotry and nihilism : moral judgment in pluralist democracies / Thomas A. Spragens, Jr
Is it more dangerous to call something evil or not to? This fundamental question deeply divides those who fear that the term oversimplifies grave problems and those who worry that, to effectively address such issues as terrorism and genocide, we must first acknowledge them as evil. Recognizing that the way we approach this dilemma can significantly affect both the harm we suffer and the suffering we inflict, a distinguished group of contributors engages in the debate with this series of timely and original essays. Drawing on Western conceptions of evil from the Middle Ages to the present, thes
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ISBN:0226306747
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