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The meaning of evil / James Sias.

Sias, James.
2016
BJ1401 .S53 2016eb
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Title
The meaning of evil / James Sias.
Author
Sias, James.
ISBN
9781137568229 (electronic book)
1137568224 (electronic book)
1137568216
9781137568212
Publication Details
[New York?] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Language
English
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BJ1401 .S53 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
111/.84
Summary
In this work, James Sias investigates the psychologies of those who have acted in ways widely regarded as evil, and uses this psychological data as a basis for developing his own theory of evil. Sometimes, he claims, an action is so horrific and despicable that a term like 'wrong' seems to fall short of capturing its moral status. Likewise, occasionally a person's character is corrupt in such a way that ordinary trait terms like 'selfish' or 'insensitive, ' or more general labels like 'bad' or 'immoral, ' seem inadequate. In such cases, we often resort to calling the person or action 'evil.' But what does this term mean? What is it that makes a person or action morally evil? Taking a cue from Hannah Arendt, Sias argues that this sort of evil is essentially a matter of regarding others as 'morally superfluous.'
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In this work, James Sias investigates the psychologies of those who have acted in ways widely regarded as evil, and uses this psychological data as a basis for developing his own theory of evil. Sometimes, he claims, an action is so horrific and despicable that a term like 'wrong' seems to fall short of capturing its moral status. Likewise, occasionally a person's character is corrupt in such a way that ordinary trait terms like 'selfish' or 'insensitive, ' or more general labels like 'bad' or 'immoral, ' seem inadequate. In such cases, we often resort to calling the person or action 'evil.' But what does this term mean? What is it that makes a person or action morally evil? Taking a cue from Hannah Arendt, Sias argues that this sort of evil is essentially a matter of regarding others as 'morally superfluous.'
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Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents ; Chapter 1: An Introduction toßEvil; Four Uses ofß"Evil"; Political "Evil"; Religious "Evil"; Metaphysical "Evil"; Moral "Evil"; Evildoers, Evil People, andßEvil Actions; Previewing Evil: AnßOutline ofßtheßBook; Notes; References; Part I: The Psychology of Evil: Some Case Studies; Chapter 2: Serial Murder, Psychopathy, andßObjectification; Ted Bundy; Serial Murder; Psychopathy; Do Psychopaths Lack aßConscience? Are They Morally Responsible?; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Genocide, Ideology, andßDehumanization; The Commoners.

The HenchmenThe Leaders; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Money, Greed, andßCommodification; The Real "Wolf ofßWall Street"; When Your Mind Is onßMoney, andßMoney Is onßYour Mind; Human Trafficking: Modern-Day Slavery; Intensive Animal Farming; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; References; Part II: The Philosophy of Evil: Puzzles, Problems, and Theories; Chapter 5: Three Puzzles about Evil; Evil andßIncomprehensibility; Evil andßMoral Agency; Evil andßMoral Character; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Theories ofßEvil Personhood; Action-Based Theories ofßEvil.

Desire-Based Theories ofßEvilAffect-Based Theories ofßEvil; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; References; Chapter 7: A New Theory ofßEvil; Hannah Arendt onßEvil; Moral Recognition, Regard, andßDisregard; Evil asßDisregard: Seeing Others asßMorally Superfluous; Objections andßReplies; Concluding Thoughts; Notes; References; Index.

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