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Taking Evil Seriously

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Sami Pihlström

    1. University of Helsinki, Finland

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sami Pihlström
    Pages 1-11

  3. Evil and Negativity: Sharpening the Pragmatic Method

    • Sami Pihlström
    Pages 12-44

  4. The Moral Luck, Reward, and Punishment of a Sick Soul

    • Sami Pihlström
    Pages 45-80

  5. A Suffering God and Post-Holocaust Pragmatism

    • Sami Pihlström
    Pages 81-101

  6. A Metaphilosophical Conclusion

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    Pages 102-123

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 124-139
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While moral philosophy has traditionally been understood as an examination of the good life, this book argues that ethical inquiry should, rather, begin from an examination of evil and other 'negative' moral concepts, such as guilt and suffering.

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  • University of Helsinki, Finland

    Sami Pihlström

About the author

Sami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki. He has published widely on pragmatism, the problem of realism, transcendental philosophy, and the philosophy of religion.

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