Since World War II, moral, political, and legal philosophers have become increasingly
interested in the concept of evil. This interest has been partly motivated by ascriptions of …

Names: Nys, Thomas, editor. Title: The Routledge handbook of the philosophy of evil/edited
by Thomas Nys and Stephen de Wijze. Description: 1 [edition].| New York: Routledge, 2019 …

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 …

Consciousness is the intelligent and eternal principle of the Universe. It is the rational being
that lives within us in this and other lives. It is an individuality that occupies a space in time …

This chapter begins by setting out the distinction between a general concept of evil and the
many varied and substantial conceptions that arise from it. It outlines the three main …

The concept of an evil action that we are focusing on the concept of an action that is above
and beyond mere moral wrongness because of its extreme moral gravity. The job of a theory …

This chapter considers four interpretations of qualitative difference thesis, that is, the thesis
that difference between evil and ordinary wrongdoing is qualitative rather than quantitative. It …

This chapter demonstrates that evil has diachronic elements. Endeavoring to distinguish
acts of evil from acts of mundane wrong doing, many philosophers have identified a …

This chapter focuses on the issue of whether or not the term “evil” is an explanatory moral
concept. That is, it's about whether the concept of evil can help to explain the actions to …

Since the Second World War there has been a revival of interest in the nature of moral evil
among professional philosophers. Some have argued that evil is not a profitable moral …