Evil: A Philosophical Investigation

Evil: A Philosophical Investigation
ISBN-10
0198712480
ISBN-13
9780198712480
Series
Evil
Category
Philosophy
Pages
236
Language
English
Published
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
Luke Russell

Description

When asked to describe wartime atrocities, terrorist acts, and serial killers, many of us reach for the word 'evil'. But what does it really mean? Luke Russell defends a new account of the nature of evil action and persons. Although the concept of evil is extreme and often misused, it has a legitimate place in contemporary secular moral thought.

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