Format:
IX, 253 S.
,
24cm
Edition:
Paperback ed.
ISBN:
1118346300
,
9781405117043
,
9781118346303
Content:
"This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary. Despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term. Dews argues that we cannot do without it. Yet our intuitions about evil pull us in different directions. The centrality of the ideal of rational autonomy to our modern self-image makes it hard for us to accept deeply rooted and obscurely destructive motivations. But once having recognized the tenacity of evil, we may find ourselves succumbing to moral paralysis, even despair."
Content:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index
Note:
Kant : the perversion of freedom -- Fichte and Schelling : entangled in nature -- Hegel : a wry theodicy -- Schopenhauer and Nietzsche : suffering from meaninglessness -- Levinas : ethics outrance -- Adorno : radical evil as a category of the social. - Includes bibliographical references and index
,
the perversion of freedom -- Fichte and Schelling : entangled in nature -- Hegel : a wry theodicy -- Schopenhauer and Nietzsche : suffering from meaninglessness -- Levinas : ethics outrance -- Adorno : radical evil as a category of the social
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Das Böse
;
Das Gute
;
Das Böse
;
Philosophie
Author information:
Dews, Peter 1952-
