The Problem of Evil

An Intercultural Exploration
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-420-0479-5
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 90, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Psychology

This book is an intercultural exploration of the full scope of evil. The problems of evil have beset humanity throughout the ages and continue to trouble us. The studies here examine evil in Asian thought, in Western theory, in the cosmic order, in human psychology, and in social practice. Insights are added to the philosophical discussions from religion, culture, history, law, technology, and literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wawrytko, Sandra A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. Sandra A. WAWRYTKO: Introduction
PART 1 EVIL IN ASIAN THOUGHT
ONE Thaddeus T'UI-CHIEH HANG: Understanding Evil in the Philosophies of Mencius, Hsün Tzu, and Lao Tzu.
TWO Lloyd A. SCIBAN: Good and Evil in Wang Yangming's Concept of Human Nature
THREE Sandra A. WAWRYTKO: The Problem of the Problem of Evil: A Taoist Response
PART 2 WESTERN THEORIES OF EVIL
FOUR Pierre MASSON: Augustine and the Problem of Evil
FIVE David GOICOECHEA: The Bad and the Evil in Augustine and Nietzsche
SIX Vincent J. FERRARA: Dialogic Morality and a Phenomenology of Evil
SEVEN Victor YELVERTON HAINES: Drawing Evil with a Happy Face: The Iconography of the Felix Culpa
Part 3 EVIL AND COSMIC ORDER
EIGHT Mary-Rose BARRAL: Why Evil in This Beautiful World
NINE Hedwig RASKOB: Original Sin or Verkehrte Welt: The Reversal of Natural Order
TEN Stanley TWEYMAN: Natural Evil and an Infinite Benevolent Designer
Part 4 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIL
ELEVEN David ALETHEA: Reflections on the Effects of Exposure to Evil: A Transpersonal Perspective
TWELVE Christopher B. GRAY: Mental Illness, Responsibility, and Liability: Positive Disintegration, Individual Psychology, and the Insanity Defense
THIRTEEN William J. MASSICOTTE: The Auxiliary Object as a Marker of Omnipotence: A Psychoanalytical View
FOURTEEN John G. McGRAW: Loneliness: The First of All Evils
Part 5 THE PRACTICE OF EVIL
FIFTEEN Richard L. AKINS: The Phantom Employee: Evil in the Workplace
SIXTEEN Hans GUGGENHEIM: Evil in the Age of E-Mail
SEVENTEEN Thomas A. BAKER: The Suffering of Children
EIGHTEEN Guillermine de LACOSTE: The Mystery of Evil in Gabriel Marcel's % ??Le Chemin de Crête and % ??Le Signe de la Croix
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