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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.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations vi

Preface viii

Introduction 1

1 Kant: The Perversion of Freedom 17

2 Fichte and Schelling: Entangled in Nature 46

3 Hegel: A Wry Theodicy 81

4 Schopenhauer and Nietzsche: Suffering from Meaninglessness 118

5 Levinas: Ethics à l’Outrance 158

6 Adorno: Radical Evil as a Category of the Social 187

Conclusion 212

Bibliography 235

Index 246

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 05/10/2012
      ISBN13: 9781118346303, 978-1118346303
      ISBN10: 1118346300
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      Ethics and moral philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      List of Abbreviations vi

      Preface viii

      Introduction 1

      1 Kant: The Perversion of Freedom 17

      2 Fichte and Schelling: Entangled in Nature 46

      3 Hegel: A Wry Theodicy 81

      4 Schopenhauer and Nietzsche: Suffering from Meaninglessness 118

      5 Levinas: Ethics à l’Outrance 158

      6 Adorno: Radical Evil as a Category of the Social 187

      Conclusion 212

      Bibliography 235

      Index 246

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