Kierkegaard's analysis of radical evil /

For thousands of years philosophers and theologians have grappled with the problem of evil. Traditionally, evil has been seen as a weakness of sorts: the evil person is either ignorant, or weak-willed. But in the most horrifying acts of evil, the perpetrators are resolute, deliberate, and well aware...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roberts, David, 1962 July 9-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2006.
Series:Continuum studies in philosophy.
Subjects:
Kierkegaard, Søren, > 1813-1855.
Kierkegaard, Søren, > 1813-1855
Good and evil.
Ethics.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Good and evil
God.
Het Kwaad.
Ethiek.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An historical introduction : Kant and Schelling on radical evil
  • The struggle of self-becoming : spiritless self-evasion
  • The despair of the aesthetic stage of existence
  • Ethical self-choice
  • The final movement toward defiance : infinite resignation
  • Defiance : the essence of radical evil.

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