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N/A - The Positive Function of Evil - 9780230219557 - V9780230219557
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The Positive Function of Evil

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Description for The Positive Function of Evil Hardcover. This collection explores the controversial and perhaps even abject idea that evils, large and small, human and natural, may have a central positive function to play in our lives. For centuries a concern of religious thinkers from the Christian tradition, very little systematic work has been done to explore this idea from the secular point of view. Editor(s): Tabensky, Pedro Alexis. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
This collection explores the controversial and perhaps even abject idea that evils, large and small, human and natural, may have a central positive function to play in our lives. For centuries a concern of religious thinkers from the Christian tradition, very little systematic work has been done to explore this idea from the secular point of view.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
185
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230219557
SKU
V9780230219557
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About N/A
ROBERT MERRIHEW ADAMS is a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Mansfield College, Oxford, and Visiting Professor of Philosophy in the University of Oxford, UK RICHARD H. BELL is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, The College of Wooster, Ohio, USA ELISA GALGUT teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa JOHN KEKES is retired ... Read more

Reviews for The Positive Function of Evil
"An unusual and stimulating collection. The presence of evil in our world, so often discussed from a religious viewpoint, is here tackled from a largely secular perspective. The papers open up a fascinating array of ethical and psychological questions about the human moral predicament." - John Cottingham "It is perhaps no surprise that the country ... Read more

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