Evil in Contemporary Political Theory - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0748641963 ISBN 13: 9780748641963

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2011

Riassunto

What role should the idea of evil have in contemporary moral and social thought? The concept of 'evil' has long been a key idea in moral discourse. Now, the contributors to this volume make a start on the important task of systematically exploring evil in the context of political theory. Intuitively, we know what evil means. Yet once we begin to think about its meaning we quickly uncover competing definitions. In recent years, political theorists have generally set the concept aside as outdated or inappropriate. Yet the idea that some things are wrong beyond toleration still has significant currency. If 'evil' can capture that significance, it merits a closer look.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Bruce Haddock is Professor of European Social and Political Thought at the Cardiff University Peri Roberts is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the Cardiff University Peter Sutch is Reader at the Cardiff University

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0748641963
• ISBN 13: 9780748641963
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 234
• Redattore: Haddock Bruce, Roberts Peri, Sutch Peter