The Roots of Evil /

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"Evil is the most serious of our moral problems. All over the world cruelty, greed, prejudice, and fanaticism ruin the lives of countless victims. Outrage provokes outrage. Millions nurture seething hatred of real or imagined enemies, revealing savage and destructive tendencies in human nature....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kekes, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Oorzaken.
Het Kwaad.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Mal.
Good and evil.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction : the problem and the approach
  • pt. 1. Forms of evil
  • Ch. 2. The sleep of reason
  • Ch. 3. Perilous dreams
  • Ch. 4. A fatal fusion
  • Ch. 5. The revenge of ruined pride
  • Ch. 6. Wickedness in high places
  • Ch. 7. Disenchantment with ordinary life
  • Ch. 8. Taking stock
  • pt. 2. Explanations of evil
  • Ch. 9. External explanations
  • Ch. 10. A biological explanation
  • Ch. 11. Internal explanations
  • Ch. 12. The mixed explanation
  • Ch. 13. Responsibility
  • Ch. 14. Toward elementary decency
  • Ch. 15. Conclusion : what is to be done?

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