Wickedness

Mary Midgley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

252 Seiten

2001 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-25398-7 (ISBN)

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To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture, yet here Mary Midgley does so with her customary brilliance and clarity - to read Wickedness is to understand her reputation as one of the great moral philosophers.

To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. Midgley's analysis proves that the capacity for real wickedness is an inevitable part of human nature. This is not however a blanket acceptance of evil. Out of this dark journey she returns with an offering to us: an understanding of human nature that enhances our very humanity.

Mary Midgley (1919-2018), a philosopher with a special interest in ethics, human nature and science, has a widespread international following for her work. Other publications include The Ethical Primate, Science as Salvation, Utopias, Dolphins and Computers and, most recently, Science and Poetry

Preface, 1 The Problem of Natural Evil 2 Intelligibility and Immoralism 3 The Elusiveness of Responsibility 4 Understanding Aggression 5 Fates, Causes and Free-will 6 Selves and Shadows 7 The Instigators 8 Death-wish 9 Evil in Evolution

Reihe/Serie	Routledge Classics
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	294 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
ISBN-10	0-415-25398-5 / 0415253985
ISBN-13	978-0-415-25398-7 / 9780415253987
Zustand	Neuware