The meaning of evil[electronic resou...
Sias, James.

 

  • The meaning of evil[electronic resource] /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 111.84
    書名/作者: The meaning of evil/ by James Sias.
    作者: Sias, James.
    出版者: New York : : Palgrave Macmillan US :, 2016.
    面頁冊數: ix, 230 p. : : digital ;; 22 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: Good and evil.
    標題: Philosophy.
    標題: Moral Philosophy.
    標題: Social Philosophy.
    標題: Ethics.
    ISBN: 9781137568229
    ISBN: 9781137568212
    內容註: 1. An Introduction to Evil -- Part I. The Psychology of Evil: Some Case Studies -- 2. Serial Murder, Psychopathy, and Objectification -- 3. Genocide, Ideology, and Dehumanization -- 4. Money, Greed, and Commodification -- Part II. The Philosophy of Evil: Puzzles, Problems, and Theories -- 5. Three Puzzles about Evil -- 6. Theories of Evil Personhood -- 7. A New Theory of Evil.
    摘要、提要註: In this book, James Sias investigates the psychologies of those who have acted in ways widely regarded as evil, and uses this psychological data as a basis for developing his own theory of evil. Sometimes, he claims, an action is so horrific and despicable that a term like "wrong" seems to fall short of capturing its moral status. Likewise, occasionally a person's character is corrupt in such a way that ordinary trait terms like "selfish" or "insensitive," or more general labels like "bad" or "immoral," seem inadequate. In such cases, we often resort to calling the person or action "evil." But what does this term mean? What is it that makes a person or action morally evil? Taking a cue from Hannah Arendt, Sias argues that this sort of evil is essentially a matter of regarding others as "morally superfluous." In other words, evil is a matter of utter moral disregard. In the course of developing and defending this view, Sias also describes and critiques a number of prominent theories of evil proposed by philosophers in recent years.
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56822-9
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