The matter of evil : from speculative realism to ethical pessimism / Drew M. Dalton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalton, Drew M., 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil.

Ethics.

Pessimism.

ethics (philosophy).

Physical Description:

x, 335 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. The Matter of Evil

After Kant: The End of Western Metaphysics and Ethics?

Absolutes within the Bounds of Reason: Speculative Realism and the Return of the Absolute

Toward a Post-Critical Ethics: Meillassoux and Badiou on the Mathematization of Nature and the Possibility of Absolute Metaphysical and Moral Claims

The Science of Entropic Absolutes: The (Dis)Order of Nature

The Value of Science and the Science of Value: Reevaluating the Moral Neutrality of Material Reality

Moral Value and Absolute Necessity: Baruch Spinoza's Metaphysical Monism

The Monstrous Will of Nature: Arthur Schopenhauer's Ethical Monism

The Specter of Nihilism: Friedrich Nietzsche's Moral Naturalism

The Ethical Potency of Pessimism: Schopenhauerian Negation, Buddhist Renunciation, and the Political Activism of Philipp Mainländer

New Directions in Pessimism: Cosmic Pessimism, Afropessimism, and Extinctual Nihilism

Conclusion. Speculative Absolutes and Pessimistic Activism: The Evangel of Entropy and the Ethics of Resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780810146402

0810146401

9780810146419

081014641X

OCLC:

1390705713

Publisher Number:

99995092064