Physical Description
vii, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : Contemporary perspectives / María Pía Lara
Is God evil? / Isabel Cabrera
What's the problem of evil? / Susan Neiman
"Radical finitude" and the problem of evil : critical comments on Wellmer's reading of Jonas / Peter Dews
Radical evil : Kant at war with himself / Richard J. Bernstein
Reflections on the banality of (radical) evil : a Kantian analysis / Henry E. Allison
The polyhedron of evil / Gustavo Leyva
An evil heart : moral evil and moral identity / Maeve Cooke
Understanding evil : Arendt and the final solution / Robert Fine
Toward a sociology of evil : getting beyond modernist common sense about the alternative to "the good" / Jeffrey C. Alexander
The evil that men do : a meditation on radical evil from a postmetaphysical point of view / Alessandro Ferrara
Major offenders, minor offenders / Sergio Pérez
On pain, the suffering of wrong, and other grievances : responsibility / Manuel Cruz
Forgiveness and oblivion : a new form of banality of evil? / Carlos Pereda
"Happy endings"/unendings : narratives of evil / Carol L. Bernstein
Narrating evil : a postmetaphysical theory of reflective judgment / María Pía Lara.
Other Authors/Editors
Lara, María Pía.
ISBN
0520226321
0520226348 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-293) and index.
Introduction : Contemporary perspectives / María Pía Lara -- Is God evil? / Isabel Cabrera -- What's the problem of evil? / Susan Neiman -- "Radical finitude" and the problem of evil : critical comments on Wellmer's reading of Jonas / Peter Dews -- Radical evil : Kant at war with himself / Richard J. Bernstein -- Reflections on the banality of (radical) evil : a Kantian analysis / Henry E. Allison -- The polyhedron of evil / Gustavo Leyva -- An evil heart : moral evil and moral identity / Maeve Cooke -- Understanding evil : Arendt and the final solution / Robert Fine -- Toward a sociology of evil : getting beyond modernist common sense about the alternative to "the good" / Jeffrey C. Alexander -- The evil that men do : a meditation on radical evil from a postmetaphysical point of view / Alessandro Ferrara -- Major offenders, minor offenders / Sergio Pérez -- On pain, the suffering of wrong, and other grievances : responsibility / Manuel Cruz -- Forgiveness and oblivion : a new form of banality of evil? / Carlos Pereda -- "Happy endings"/unendings : narratives of evil / Carol L. Bernstein -- Narrating evil : a postmetaphysical theory of reflective judgment / María Pía Lara.
