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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 accommodate deeply rooted and obscurely destructive motivations. Furthermore, once having recognized the reality of evil, we may find ourselves succumbing to moral paralysis, even despair.
Dews shows that these concerns are not marginal to the European philosophical tradition. They have perturbed some of the greatest thinkers of the modern age, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno. Written with lucidity and verve, The Idea of Evil traces a struggle to translate religious insights into secular, philosophical terms - and to acknowledge the perverse impulse of human freedom, without abandoning hope for a more just and compassionate world.
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- Title Idea of Evil
- Author Dews
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons
- Date 2007-11-28
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781405117043 / 1405117044
- Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9.14 x 6.36 x 1.01 in (23.22 x 16.15 x 2.57 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Good and evil
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007012577
- Dewey Decimal Code 170
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2008, Page 11
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