Add to ORKGIn this paper I critically investigate the conceptions of moral evil defended by Morton and Card. In the light of this investigation, I present and briefly defend the following conception of evil: An evil act is one in which the perpetrator acts in a way which, through a consideration of their circumstances, motives, intentions, responses and the like, we judge to go significantly beyond the pale of mere wrongdoing and so to be worthy of our very strongest moral condemnations, and who in so acting wrongfully inflicts lifewrecking or ending harms upon others.4 page(s
Evil-scepticism comes in two varieties: one variety is descriptive, where it is claimed that the con...
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The simplest response to the problem of evil is to deny that there exists any evil, but that answer ...
In this paper I critically investigate the conceptions of moral evil defended by Morton and Card. In...
All morally wrong actions deserve some form of moral condemnation. But the degree of that condemnati...
This thesis presents a comprehensive theory of evildoing as an attack on morality, grounded in objec...
Why is there evil? This question has captured the interest of scholars of diverse specialties and ba...
The paper aims to propose a framework for understanding of the concept of moral evil. It argues that...
Any conceptualisation of evil, arguably, has to empower us to resist or transform it in our lived wo...
Evil acts strike us, by their very nature, as not only horrifying and reprehensible, but also as dee...
A philosophical history of the concept of evil in western culture.'Evil is something to be feared, a...
Most debates about evil centre on the applicability of the term to individuals’ actions, their motiv...
It is in a way easier to imagine evil actions than we often suppose, but what it is thus relatively ...
The concept of evil has been an unpopular one in many recent Western political and ethical discourse...
There is considerable philosophical dispute about what it takes for an action to be evil. The method...
Evil-scepticism comes in two varieties: one variety is descriptive, where it is claimed that the con...
A commonly accepted claim by philosophers investigating the nature of evil is that the evil person ...
The simplest response to the problem of evil is to deny that there exists any evil, but that answer ...
In this paper I critically investigate the conceptions of moral evil defended by Morton and Card. In...
All morally wrong actions deserve some form of moral condemnation. But the degree of that condemnati...
This thesis presents a comprehensive theory of evildoing as an attack on morality, grounded in objec...
Why is there evil? This question has captured the interest of scholars of diverse specialties and ba...
The paper aims to propose a framework for understanding of the concept of moral evil. It argues that...
Any conceptualisation of evil, arguably, has to empower us to resist or transform it in our lived wo...
Evil acts strike us, by their very nature, as not only horrifying and reprehensible, but also as dee...
A philosophical history of the concept of evil in western culture.'Evil is something to be feared, a...
Most debates about evil centre on the applicability of the term to individuals’ actions, their motiv...
It is in a way easier to imagine evil actions than we often suppose, but what it is thus relatively ...
The concept of evil has been an unpopular one in many recent Western political and ethical discourse...
There is considerable philosophical dispute about what it takes for an action to be evil. The method...
Evil-scepticism comes in two varieties: one variety is descriptive, where it is claimed that the con...
A commonly accepted claim by philosophers investigating the nature of evil is that the evil person ...
The simplest response to the problem of evil is to deny that there exists any evil, but that answer ...