- Uniform Title
- Ondskapens filosofi. English
- Series
- Norwegian literature series
Norwegian literature series.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Svendsen, Lars Fr. H., 1970-
- Published
- Champaign [Ill.] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2010
- Edition
- First English translation
- Contents
-
What is evil and how can we understand it?
The theology of evil. Theodicies : The privation theodicy ; The free will theodicy ; The Irenaean theodicy ; The totality theodicy ; History as secular theodicy ; Job's insight
beyond theodicy
Anthropology of evil. Are people good or evil? ; The typologies of evil ; Demonic evil : Evil for evil's sake ; Evil's aesthetic seduction ; Sadism ; Schadenfreude ; Subjective and objective evil ; Kant and instrumental evil : The impossibility of a "devilish" will ; The paradox of evil ; Moral rebirth ; The evil is the other, idealistic evil : "Us" vs. "them" ; Violent individuals ; Arendt and stupid evil : The evil and the stupid ; Radical and banal evil ; Eichmann, Höss, and Stangl ; Normal people and extreme evil ; Thinking as opposition ; Evil people
The problem of evil. Theory and praxis ; Ethics of conviction and ethics of responsibility ; Politics and violence ; Evil as a concrete problem.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Pierce, Kerri A.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-306).
What is evil and how can we understand it? -- The theology of evil. Theodicies : The privation theodicy ; The free will theodicy ; The Irenaean theodicy ; The totality theodicy ; History as secular theodicy ; Job's insight-- beyond theodicy -- Anthropology of evil. Are people good or evil? ; The typologies of evil ; Demonic evil : Evil for evil's sake ; Evil's aesthetic seduction ; Sadism ; Schadenfreude ; Subjective and objective evil ; Kant and instrumental evil : The impossibility of a "devilish" will ; The paradox of evil ; Moral rebirth ; The evil is the other, idealistic evil : "Us" vs. "them" ; Violent individuals ; Arendt and stupid evil : The evil and the stupid ; Radical and banal evil ; Eichmann, Höss, and Stangl ; Normal people and extreme evil ; Thinking as opposition ; Evil people -- The problem of evil. Theory and praxis ; Ethics of conviction and ethics of responsibility ; Politics and violence ; Evil as a concrete problem.
Translation of: Ondskapens filosofi.
