Taking Evil Seriously
While moral philosophy has traditionally been understood as an examination of the good life, this book argues that ethical inquiry should, rather, begin from an examination of evil and other 'negative' moral concepts, such as guilt and suffering.
| Autor: | Pihlström, S. |
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| ISBN: | 9781137412652 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 139 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 11.07.2014 |
| Schlagworte: | Ethics James W Wittgenstein evil guilt moral philosophy pragmatism problem of evil theodicy |
Sami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki. He has published widely on pragmatism, the problem of realism, transcendental philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.