Author: Lars Fr. H. Svendsen
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 1564785718
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Despite the overuse of the word in movies, political speeches, and news reports, "evil" is generally seen as either flagrant rhetoric or else an outdated concept: a medieval holdover with no bearing on our complex everyday reality. In "A Philosophy of Evil," however, acclaimed philosopher Lars Svendsen argues that evil remains a concrete moral problem: that we're all its victims, and all guilty of committing evil acts. "It's normal to be evil," he writes--the problem is, we have lost the vocabulary to talk about it. Taking up this problem--how do we speak about evil?--"A Philosophy of Evil" treats evil as an ordinary aspect of contemporary life, with implications that are moral, practical, and above all, political. Because, as Svendsen says, "Evil should neither be justified nor explained away--evil must be fought."
A Philosophy of Evil
Author: Lars Fr. H. Svendsen
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 1564785718
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Despite the overuse of the word in movies, political speeches, and news reports, "evil" is generally seen as either flagrant rhetoric or else an outdated concept: a medieval holdover with no bearing on our complex everyday reality. In "A Philosophy of Evil," however, acclaimed philosopher Lars Svendsen argues that evil remains a concrete moral problem: that we're all its victims, and all guilty of committing evil acts. "It's normal to be evil," he writes--the problem is, we have lost the vocabulary to talk about it. Taking up this problem--how do we speak about evil?--"A Philosophy of Evil" treats evil as an ordinary aspect of contemporary life, with implications that are moral, practical, and above all, political. Because, as Svendsen says, "Evil should neither be justified nor explained away--evil must be fought."
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 1564785718
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Despite the overuse of the word in movies, political speeches, and news reports, "evil" is generally seen as either flagrant rhetoric or else an outdated concept: a medieval holdover with no bearing on our complex everyday reality. In "A Philosophy of Evil," however, acclaimed philosopher Lars Svendsen argues that evil remains a concrete moral problem: that we're all its victims, and all guilty of committing evil acts. "It's normal to be evil," he writes--the problem is, we have lost the vocabulary to talk about it. Taking up this problem--how do we speak about evil?--"A Philosophy of Evil" treats evil as an ordinary aspect of contemporary life, with implications that are moral, practical, and above all, political. Because, as Svendsen says, "Evil should neither be justified nor explained away--evil must be fought."
Heavenly Arcana which are in the Sacred Scripture Or Word of the Lord, Laid Open, Together with Wonderful Things which Were Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Publisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Heavenly Arcana Disclosed which are in the Sacred Scripture Or Word of the Lord
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher:
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Theological Works: The heavenly arcana disclosed ... which are in Genesis ([v. 1-11]) [and] in Exodus ([v. 12-19])
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher:
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Evil Men
Author: James Dawes
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674073991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Presented with accounts of genocide and torture, we ask how people could bring themselves to commit such horrendous acts. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, Evil Men confronts atrocity head-on—how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. Drawing on firsthand interviews with convicted war criminals from the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), James Dawes leads us into the frightening territory where soldiers perpetrated some of the worst crimes imaginable: murder, torture, rape, medical experimentation on living subjects. Transcending conventional reporting and commentary, Dawes’s narrative weaves together unforgettable segments from the interviews with consideration of the troubling issues they raise. Telling the personal story of his journey to Japan, Dawes also lays bare the cultural misunderstandings and ethical compromises that at times called the legitimacy of his entire project into question. For this book is not just about the things war criminals do. It is about what it is like, and what it means, to befriend them. Do our stories of evil deeds make a difference? Can we depict atrocity without sensational curiosity? Anguished and unflinchingly honest, as eloquent as it is raw and painful, Evil Men asks hard questions about the most disturbing capabilities human beings possess, and acknowledges that these questions may have no comforting answers.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674073991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Presented with accounts of genocide and torture, we ask how people could bring themselves to commit such horrendous acts. A searching meditation on our all-too-human capacity for inhumanity, Evil Men confronts atrocity head-on—how it looks and feels, what motivates it, how it can be stopped. Drawing on firsthand interviews with convicted war criminals from the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), James Dawes leads us into the frightening territory where soldiers perpetrated some of the worst crimes imaginable: murder, torture, rape, medical experimentation on living subjects. Transcending conventional reporting and commentary, Dawes’s narrative weaves together unforgettable segments from the interviews with consideration of the troubling issues they raise. Telling the personal story of his journey to Japan, Dawes also lays bare the cultural misunderstandings and ethical compromises that at times called the legitimacy of his entire project into question. For this book is not just about the things war criminals do. It is about what it is like, and what it means, to befriend them. Do our stories of evil deeds make a difference? Can we depict atrocity without sensational curiosity? Anguished and unflinchingly honest, as eloquent as it is raw and painful, Evil Men asks hard questions about the most disturbing capabilities human beings possess, and acknowledges that these questions may have no comforting answers.
On the New Jerusalem, and its heavenly doctrine, as revealed from heaven, to which are prefixed some observations concerning the new heaven and the new earth. Translated ... A new edition
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
On the New Jerusalem, and Its Heavenly Doctrine, as Revealed from Heaven: to which are Prefixed Some Observations Concerning the New Heaven and the Earth
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Heaven Talisman
Author: Tian FuXiaoSheng
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649550200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
An endless expanse of blue, sea, withered wood, immortal mountains, ten thousand miles in total without any sign of human habitation. Endless rays of blue, boundless sea, dead wood, immortal mountains, ten thousand miles devoid of human habitation.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649550200
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
An endless expanse of blue, sea, withered wood, immortal mountains, ten thousand miles in total without any sign of human habitation. Endless rays of blue, boundless sea, dead wood, immortal mountains, ten thousand miles devoid of human habitation.
Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
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Category : Future life
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Future life
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell from Things Heard and Seen
Author: Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher:
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Category : Future life
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Publisher:
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Category : Future life
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description