- Hardcover: 232 pages
- Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (Oct 1 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0226306739
- ISBN-13: 978-0226306735
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,426,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Five years after the September 11 attacks resurrected the rhetoric of evil,
the use of the term has become as banal as Hannah Arendt once argued evil
itself is. Despite this ubiquity -- or perhaps because of it -- we seem
increasingly incapable of actually recognizing and confronting evil. This
quandary motivates much of Ruth W. Grant''s engaging anthology Naming Evil,
Judging Evil, an effort born of two years of discussions among her Duke
University colleagues. The resulting essays equip readers with the
intellectual tools to understand evil''s manifestations, past and present,
and to navigate the tricky terrain of judging those evils -- a prerequisite
to acting against them. While some of the pieces bog down in academic
wrangling, others are excellent and accessible, provoking the kind of deep
and complex thought that is missing from today''s public discourse. --Hannah
Lobel, Utne Reader
the use of the term has become as banal as Hannah Arendt once argued evil
itself is. Despite this ubiquity -- or perhaps because of it -- we seem
increasingly incapable of actually recognizing and confronting evil. This
quandary motivates much of Ruth W. Grant''s engaging anthology Naming Evil,
Judging Evil, an effort born of two years of discussions among her Duke
University colleagues. The resulting essays equip readers with the
intellectual tools to understand evil''s manifestations, past and present,
and to navigate the tricky terrain of judging those evils -- a prerequisite
to acting against them. While some of the pieces bog down in academic
wrangling, others are excellent and accessible, provoking the kind of deep
and complex thought that is missing from today''s public discourse. --Hannah
Lobel, Utne Reader
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Is it more dangerous to call something evil or not to? This fundamental question deeply divides those who fear that the term oversimplifies grave problems and those who worry that, to effectively address such issues as terrorism and genocide, we must first acknowledge them as evil. Recognizing that the way we approach this dilemma can significantly affect both the harm we suffer and the suffering we inflict, a distinguished group of contributors engages in the debate with this series of timely and original essays.
Drawing on Western conceptions of evil from the Middle Ages to the present, these pieces demonstrate that, while it may not be possible to definitively settle moral questions, we are still able—and in fact are obligated—to make moral arguments and judgments. Using a wide variety of approaches, the authors raise tough questions: Why is so much evil perpetrated in the name of good? Could evil ever be eradicated? How can liberal democratic politics help us strike a balance between the need to pass judgment and the need to remain tolerant? Their insightful answers exemplify how the sometimes rarefied worlds of political theory, philosophy, theology, and history can illuminate pressing contemporary concerns.
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Excellent, April 8 2008
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This review is from: Naming Evil, Judging Evil (Hardcover)
The essays in this edited volume are truly insightful and thought-provoking - a highly recommended read. In his foreword to the book, Alasdair MacIntyre captures it best: "The papers in this volume are by a group of colleagues at Duke University . . . [whose] work has been informed by their shared reading, by extended interdisciplinary conversations and arguments, and by learning from each other's work. . . . It is one mark of a university that is flourishing that it is a place where such continuing, fruitfully inconclusive conversations on matters of moral and metaphysical moment are sustained."
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Careful!, Jan 26 2008
By B. Jones "What is the meaning of this?" - Published on Amazon.com
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If you're looking for MacIntyre's work, this book has almost nothing in it by him.
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