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Journal articles on the topic "Philosophy of evil"

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Swinburne, Richard. "Does Theism Need a Theodicy?" Canadian Journal of Philosophy 18, no. 2 (1988): 287–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1988.10717178.

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To many atheists the existence of evil seems to provide a conclusive argument against the existence of God. God is by definition omnipotent and perfectly good; a perfectly good being will remove evil in so far as he can, an omnipotent being can remove any evil he chooses, so if there is a God there will be no evil, but there is evil, hence there is no God. Theists normally challenge this argument by challenging the premiss that a perfectly good being will remove evil in so far as he can. The theistic defence is usually put as the defence that many evils are logically necessary conditions of gr

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Heller, Agnes. "On Evils, Evil, Radical Evil and the Demonic." Critical Horizons 12, no. 1 (2011): 15–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/crit.v12i1.15.

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Bozbuğa, Hande Nur. "Hannah Arendt’in Kötülük Algısının Din Felsefesinde Konumlandırılışı." TSBS Bildiriler Dergisi, no. 1 (August 21, 2021): 107–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.55709/tsbsbildirilerdergisi.1.7.

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Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) is a 20th-century scholar. Her analyzes of the problem of evil are based on the suffering of the Jewish race in Germany during the World War II. Her thoughts on political issues, which were shaped by the influence of the period she lived, have prepared the ground for very efficient discussions in many fields. Some of her philosophical thoughts that she developed in the context of her studies on the political administration of the period she lived in, in a sense, have a feature that can bring essential expansions to the problems the problem of evil in the philosophy of

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Stein, Dan J. "The Philosophy of Evil." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 12, no. 3 (2005): 261–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2006.0015.

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Thangeo, Lunneihoi. "The Problem of Evil in Philosophy." Spectrum: Humanities, Social Sciences and Management 8, no. 1 (2021): 119–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.54290/spectrum/2021.v8.2.0008.

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The problem of evil is a subset of philosophical problems. When the problem of evil was originally deliberated in a theistic setting, it challenged the theistic thinker to reconcile the existence of God with the experience of evil. Since around the enlightenment period, the problem of evil transformed into, what some philosophers call, an argument from evil where the proponents of the problem argued that belief in the existence of God was rendered irrational or improbable by evil. Many contemporary thinkers still engage with this problem and regard it as a legitimate objection to theism. This

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Chlup, Radek. "Proclus' Theory of Evil: An Ethical Perspective." International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 3, no. 1 (2009): 26–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187254708x397405.

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AbstractWhile the metaphysical aspects of Proclus' theory of evil have recently been studied by a number of scholars, its ethical implications have largely been neglected. In my paper I am analysing the moral consequences that Proclus' concept of evil has, at the same time using the ethical perspective to throw more light on Proclus' ontology. Most importantly, I argue that the difference between bodily and psychic evil is much more substantial that it might seem from On the Existence of Evils alone. Though both kinds of evil are characterized by their 'parasitical existence' (parhypostasis),

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MARING, LUKE. "A new problem of evil: authority and the duty of interference." Religious Studies 48, no. 4 (2012): 497–514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0034412511000321.

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AbstractThe traditional problem of evil sets theists the task of reconciling two things: God and evil. I argue that theists face the more difficult task of reconciling God and evils that God is specially obligated to prevent. Because of His authority, God's obligation to curtail evil goes far beyond our Samaritan duty to prevent evil when doing so isn't overly hard. Authorities owe their subjects a positive obligation to prevent certain evils; we have a right against our authorities that they protect us. God's apparent mistake is not merely the impersonal wrong of failing to do enough good – t

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Yandell, Keith. "Gratuitous Evil and Divine Existence." Religious Studies 25, no. 1 (1989): 15–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500019697.

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God, who is an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent Creator and Providence, exists and There is evil are logically compatible claims. God exists, If God exists, then He has a morally sufficient reason for allowing any evil that He does allow, and There is evil is a consistent triad of propositions. Thus any pair from that triad is also consistent. Thus God exists and There is evil are logically compatible. But this does not settle the question as to whether the truth of There is evil in the world has such consequences for theism as making it highly improbable that God exists or making it

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Gorokhov, Pavel Aleksandrovich, and Ekaterina Rafaelevna Yuzhaninova. "The phenomenon of evil in the philosophical concepts of the European Middle Ages." Философская мысль, no. 4 (April 2021): 36–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.25136/2409-8728.2021.4.35114.

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The object of this research is the heritage of the leading representatives of Medieval philosophy, while the subject is the philosophical ideas of the prominent representatives of Patristic and Scholastic philosophy upon the nature of evil. The goal of this work lies in giving holistic assessment to the philosophical ideas on the phenomenon of evil in the Middle Ages, and is achieved by solving the following tasks: 1) assessment of the concept of &ldquo;the first sin&rdquo; as the foundation for understanding the phenomenon of evil in Medieval philosophy; 2) determination of the genesi

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Kent, Bonnie Dorrick. "Evil in Later Medieval Philosophy." Journal of the History of Philosophy 45, no. 2 (2007): 177–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hph.2007.0039.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Philosophy of evil"

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Madore, Joel. "Deceiving reason. Radical evil in Kant's philosophy." Thesis, University of Essex, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495789.

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Loewen, Nathan Robert. "Rethinking evil with Jacques Derrida." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66701.

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Evil is an excellent point of departure for exploring the relationship between Jacques Derrida's work and the philosophy of religion. This has not been the explicit focus of any published study on Derrida (1930-2004) thus far. This study explains how central themes in Derrida's writings can open new approaches to the problem of evil. In 1987, David O'Connor realized that the discourse of Anglo-American philosophy of religion had come to an impasse on the problem of evil. In 1998, O'Connor declared a détente between philosophy and theism on the topic. This much was already exp

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Franken, Lizelle. "Evil, morality and modernity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20262.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis takes Zygmunt Bauman’s book Modernity and the Holocaust as a point of departure in an attempt to show that genocides of the twentieth century are by-products of modernity, and not aberrations, as previously thought. Bauman’s work focuses on the distinctly modern nature of the Holocaust. Using the theory he develops in Modernity and the Holocaust, this thesis attempts to show, first and foremost, that the Holocaust is not the only example of modern genocide. By comparing and contrasting the Holocaust to another, more r

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Lamboy, Regine. "The real banality of evil." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5823.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (November 20, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references

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Rauch, Peter E. (Peter Edward). "Playing with good and evil : videogames and moral philosophy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39151.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Comparative Media Studies, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-92).<br>Despite an increasingly complex academic discourse, the videogame medium lacks an agreed-upon definition. Its relationship to previous media is somewhat unclear, and the unique attributes of the medium have not yet been fully catalogued. Drawing on theory suggesting that videogames can convey ideas, I will argue that the videogame medium is capable of modeling and critiquing elements of moral philosophy in a unique manner. To make this argument,

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Laughland, John. "Schelling's philosophy of freedom." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323008.

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Glass, Jeffrey E. "Corrupt princes| Kant and Fichte on human evil." Thesis, Indiana University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1557364.

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<p> Kant and Fichte's respective accounts of evil share many similarities. This paper seeks to determine if and identify where the two accounts diverge. Due to the systematic nature of German Idealist writing, it is impossible to compare the relevant doctrines of Kant and Fichte and passages in a vacuum. Each explanation belongs to a broader account of evil which itself fits into an even more expansive moral philosophy. Thus, the paper has two goals, one belonging to history of philosophy, the other to moral philosophy. The former involves analyzing the differences that exist between the accou

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Mayne, Peter. "Radical evil and highest good : the philosophy of Immanuel Kant." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306785.

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Hawkins, Devon M. "Schelling, Heidegger, and Evil." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1429262478.

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Ueng, Jia-Sheng. "Plotinus on matter and evil : a commentary on Plotinus' Enneads 1.8 'on what are and whence come evils?'." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333914.

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Books on the topic "Philosophy of evil"

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H, Svendsen Lars Fr. A philosophy of evil. Dalkey Archive Press, 2010.

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H, Svendsen Lars Fr. A philosophy of evil. Dalkey Archive Press, 2010.

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1960-, Hirvonen Ari, and Porttikivi Janne, eds. Law and evil: Philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis. Routledge, 2010.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil. Penguin USA, Inc., 2009.

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A philosophy of evil. Dalkey Archive Press, 2010.

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Davis, Andrew Jackson. The Philosophy Of Evil. Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2005.

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MacIntyre, Alasdair C. Naming Evil, Judging Evil. University of Chicago Press, 2010.

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Naming Evil, Judging Evil. ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited, 2013.

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Clack, Beverley. Evil, Feminism, and a Philosophy of Transformation. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821625.003.0006.

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Rather than offering another ‘solution’ to the problem of evil, in the form of, say, a theodicy, the discussion of this chapter is situated within an ethical framework concerned with unmasking the enactment and perpetuation of ‘structural evils’ on the political and social levels. Indebted to the insights of feminist philosophers such as Michèle Le Doeuff, but also Hannah Arendt’s analysis of evil, the novelist Muriel Spark, and Pierre Bourdieu’s work on social suffering, the chapter seeks, not to justify the ways of God, but to critique and transform unjust structures, and to pave the way for

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Evil Matters. Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

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Book chapters on the topic "Philosophy of evil"

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Karas, John. "Evil." In Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer Netherlands, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_1067-1.

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Karas, John. "Evil." In Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer Netherlands, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_1067-2.

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Karas, John. "Evil." In Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer Netherlands, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6519-1_1067.

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Roberts, Allen F. "Evil." In Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy. Springer Netherlands, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2068-5_143.

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Leezenberg, Michiel. "Evil." In The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315679518-28.

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Vink, Andrew T. "Is Dormammu Evil?" In Doctor Strange and Philosophy. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119437901.ch20.

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Barry, Peter Brian. "Evil characters." In The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315679518-18.

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Irwin, William. "Beyond Good and Evil." In Black Sabbath & Philosophy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118523087.ch1.

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Burns, Elizabeth. "Continental philosophy, evil and suffering." In The History of Evil From the Mid-Twentieth Century to Today. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351139601-11.

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Banham, Gary. "Radical Evil and Moral Redemption." In Kant's Practical Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230501188_6.

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Conference papers on the topic "Philosophy of evil"

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Kamal, Zainun. "Good and Evil in Religious Philosophy and in the Holy Qur’an." In International Conference Recent Innovation. SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0009937619411946.

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Udalyh, E. "WAR AS AN EXISTENTIAL PHENOMENON: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF NIKOLAI BERDYAEV'S VIEWS." In The Metaphysics of Patriotism: Fostering the Spirit and Shaping the Citizen. FSBE Institution of Higher Education Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov, 2025. https://doi.org/10.58168/mpfssc2025_54-58.

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The article is devoted to the analysis of Nikolai Berdyaev's philosophical views on the nature of war. The interpretation of war as a metaphysical phenomenon related to human freedom, the problem of evil and the historical process is considered. N. Berdyaev rejects simplified interpretations of war as an exclusively political or social phenomenon, offering instead a deep existential-religious analysis. The work explores key aspects of his philosophy: war in the context of history, its connection with spiritual transformation. Special attention is paid to the relevance of N. Berdyaev's ideas fo

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Galily, Daniel. "The theory of nineteenth-century American pragmatism." In 9th International e-Conference on Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Center for Open Access in Science, Belgrade - Serbia, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.32591/coas.e-conf.09.11105g.

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The purpose of this overview is to give a short introduction to the ideas and activities of nineteenth-century American pragmatism theory for a philosophy conference at the BEN Science Institute in Bulgaria. Pragmatism is a philosophical theory that sees thought as a tool and device for predicting, solving problems and planning action. The philosophy of pragmatism addresses the practical consequences of ideas by examining them in the light of human experience, so that the truth of a claim is determined by practical results and the utility it serves. Pragmatism began in the United States around

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Juhásová, Jana. "Sanjuanist motifs in the poetic work of Erik Jakub Groch." In The Figurativeness of the Language of Mystical Experience. Masaryk University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9997-2021-19.

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One of the key poets of Slovak post-November poetry was shaped in the Komúna dissent group headed by philosopher and artist M. Strýko during the communist regime. Operating in dissent supported the radicality of his poetic gesture and lifestyle, the image of an active, evolving individual freed from the senselessness of civilization, and also the idea that it is possible to integrate evil into a higher good. These ideas also form branches to the sanjuanist motifs and intellectual solutions that are close to Groch. The article seeks these penetrating places with special attention on the symbol

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