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26 lis 2013 · Evil-skeptics give three main reasons to abandon the concept of evil: (1) the concept of evil involves unwarranted metaphysical commitments to dark spirits, the supernatural, or the devil; (2) the concept of evil is useless because it lacks explanatory power; and (3) the concept of evil can be harmful or dangerous when used in moral, political ...
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10 gru 2021 · These are some of the key metaphysical questions that philosophers have raised concerning evil. The goal of this entry is to provide a taxonomy of the most prominent answers: the main theories of evil’s kinds and origins on offer in the western philosophical tradition.
28 paź 2023 · The problem of evil remains a central topic in philosophy of religion, influencing debates on the nature of God, the meaning of life, and the destiny of the soul. It challenges believers and non-believers alike to confront the complexities of our existence.
30 sie 2016 · When we talk about evil, we may mean one of at least three things. First, we may be referring to anything that produces bad outcomes. In this very broad sense of the word, evil can be moral—wrongful human actions—or it can be natural, as when we talk of natural evils such as earthquakes, floods, and disease.
9 lut 2021 · A 10,000+ word critical overview of analytic philosophy devoted to life's meaning, with some focus on books and more recent works.
This chapter examines two key philosophical positions on evil, those of Kant and Nietzsche. Kant represents the classic philosophical conception of evil, which is ‘impure’ – that humans are capable of willing evil acts but not for their own sake, but for the sake of some other goal.
Evil and the Meaning of Life; By John Cottingham; Edited by Chad Meister, Bethel College, Indiana, Paul K. Moser, Loyola University, Chicago; Book: The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil; Online publication: 05 July 2017; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107295278.002