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Book 69 of 83: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

Goldberg, Zachary J.

 
9780367894023: Evil Matters (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367894025 ISBN 13: 9780367894023
Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

This book is an inquiry into particular matters concerning the nature, normativity, and aftermath of evil action. It combines philosophical conceptual analysis with empirical studies in psychology and discussions of historical events to provide an innovative analysis of evil action.

The book considers unresolved questions belonging to metaethical, normative, and practical characteristics of evil action. It begins by asking whether Kant’s historical account of evil is still relevant for contemporary thinkers. Then it addresses features of evil action that distinguish it from mundane wrongdoing, thereby placing it as a proper category of philosophical inquiry. Next, the author inquires into how evil acts affect moral relationships and challenge Strawsonian accounts of moral responsibility. He then draws conceptual and empirical connections between evil acts such as genocide, torture, and slavery and collective agency, and asks why evil acts are often collective acts. Finally, the author questions both the possibility and propriety of forgiveness and vengeance in the aftermath of evil and discusses how individuals ought to cope with the pervasiveness of evil in human interaction.

Evil Matters: A Philosophical Inquiry will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in philosophy working on the concept of evil, moral responsibility, collective agency, vengeance, and forgiveness.

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About the Author

Zachary J. Goldberg is Senior Researcher at Trilateral Research and formerly Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany. In addition to his authored articles and book chapters focusing mainly on issues concerning the philosophy of evil and moral responsibility, he is the editor of Reflections on Ethics and Responsibility: Essays in Honor of Peter A. French (2017), co-editor of The Routledge International Handbook of Perpetrator Studies (2020).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367894025
ISBN 13 
9780367894023
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
204