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Book SynopsisThis book philosophically explores a wide range of subjects relating to evil and human wickedness, including the nature of evil, explaining evil, evil and moral responsibility, and responding to evil.
Table of ContentsForeword ONE Daniel M. HAYBRON: Introduction: Evil as a Philosophical Concern TWO Brian SCHAEFER: The Disvalue of Pain and Pain-Infliction THREE L. A. ZAIBERT: Intentionality and Wickedness FOUR Todd CALDER: Toward a Theory of Evil Acts: A Critique of Laurence Thomas’s Theory of Evil Acts FIVE Daniel M. HAYBRON: Consistency of Character and the Character of Evil SIX Stephen REBER: Evolution, Altruism, and Intergroup Aggression SEVEN S. R. CHARLES: Plato’s Devil EIGHT Stephen MORRIS: “Clothed in Scarlet, Clothed with the Sun”: Thoughts on the Women of Apocalypse 12 and 17 NINE Nafsika ATHANASSOULIS: Moral Luck and the Sources of Evil TEN Michael BAVIDGE: Responsibility, Punishment, and Wickedness ELEVEN Susan ROBBINS: Theodicy and Lament: Grappling with the Problem of Evil, Using Psalm 88 About the Contributors Index
