Naming evil, judging evil /

"Is it more dangerous to call something evil or not to? This fundamental question deeply divides those who fear that the term oversimplifies grave problems and those who worry that, to effectively address such issues as terrorism and genocide, we must first acknowledge them as evil. Recognizing...

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Other Authors: Grant, Ruth W. (Ruth Weissbourd), 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Where did all the evils go? / Michael Allen Gillespie
  • Seeing darkness, hearing silence : Augustine's account of evil / Stanley Hauerwas
  • The Rousseauan revolution and the problem of evil / Ruth W. Grant
  • Inequality and the problem of evil / Nannerl O. Keohane
  • The butler did it / J. Peter Euben
  • Evil and the morality of conviction / David Wong
  • Combining clarity and complexity : a layered approach to cross-cultural ethics / Elizabeth Kiss
  • Liberal dilemmas and moral judgment / Malachi Hacohen
  • Between bigotry and nihilism : moral judgment in pluralist democracies / Thomas A. Spragens, Jr.