| Edition |
First English translation. |
| Description |
306 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Norwegian literature series. |
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Norwegian literature series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-306). |
| Contents |
What is evil and how can we understand it? -- The theology of evil. Theodicies : The privation theodicy ; The free will theodicy ; The Irenaean theodicy ; The totality theodicy ; History as secular theodicy ; Job's insight-- beyond theodicy -- Anthropology of evil. Are people good or evil? ; The typologies of evil ; Demonic evil : Evil for evil's sake ; Evil's aesthetic seduction ; Sadism ; Schadenfreude ; Subjective and objective evil ; Kant and instrumental evil : The impossibility of a "devilish" will ; The paradox of evil ; Moral rebirth ; The evil is the other, idealistic evil : "Us" vs. "them" ; Violent individuals ; Arendt and stupid evil : The evil and the stupid ; Radical and banal evil ; Eichmann, Höss, and Stangl ; Normal people and extreme evil ; Thinking as opposition ; Evil people -- The problem of evil. Theory and praxis ; Ethics of conviction and ethics of responsibility ; Politics and violence ; Evil as a concrete problem. |
| Language |
Translation of: Ondskapens filosofi. |
| Subject |
Good and evil.
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| Added Author |
Pierce, Kerri A.
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| Added Title |
Ondskapens filosofi. English
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| ISBN |
9781564785718 paperback alkaline paper $14.95 |
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1564785718 paperback alkaline paper |
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