Evil in Contemporary Political Theory - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748641963 ISBN 13 : 9780748641963

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2011

Synopsis

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 In recent years, political theorists have generally set the concept aside as outdated or inappropriate.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. Key Features: * Presents a broad ranging exploration of the idea of evil in contemporary theory * Offers a philosophical analysis of the role of evil in ethics * Analyses the idea of evil in classic arguments

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bruce Haddock is Professor of European Social and Political Thought at Cardiff University. He has published numerous books and articles, most recently A History of Political Thought: From Antiquity to the Present (2005). Peri Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in the School of European Studies at Cardiff University. He is author of Political Constructivism (Routledge, 2007) and An Introduction to Political Thought (Edinburgh Univeristy Press, 2004). Peter Sutch is a Senior Lecturer in the School of European Studies at Cardiff University. He is co-author, with Peri Roberts, of An Introduction to Political Thought (Edinburgh University Press, 2004) and co-author, with J. Elias, of International Relations: The Basics (Routledge, 2007).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748641963
• ISBN 13: 9780748641963
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Haddock Bruce, Roberts Peri, Sutch Peter David Edward
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