Evil : a philosophical investigation / Luke Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Luke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil.

Good and evil--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 236 pages)

Other Title:

Philosophical investigation

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When asked to describe wartime atrocities, terrorist acts, and serial killers, many of us reach for the word 'evil'. But what does it really mean? Luke Russell defends a new account of the nature of evil action and persons. Although the concept of evil is extreme and often misused, it has a legitimate place in contemporary secular moral thought.

Contents:

The secular moral concept of evil

Evil action

Evil, extremity, and incomprehensibility

Think and thin accounts of evil action

Assessing thick and thin accounts

Conceptual pluralism about evil action

Aggregative accounts of evil personhood

Dispositional accounts of evil personhood

Evil feelings

Evil and explanation

Doing away with evil?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 8, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-178079-0

OCLC:

1086467881