The problem of evil : : an intercultural exploration /

The problem of evil : : an intercultural exploration / / edited by Sandra A. Wawrytko.

This book is an intercultural exploration of the full scope of evil. The problems of evil have beset humanity throughout the ages and continue to trouble us. The studies here examine evil in Asian thought, in Western theory, in the cosmic order, in human psychology, and in social practice. Insights...

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Superior document:Value Inquiry Book Series ; 90
TeilnehmendeR:
Wawrytko, Sandra A.,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam, Netherlands ;, Atlanta, Georgia : : Rodopi,, [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Value Inquiry Book Series ; 90.
Physical Description:1 online resource (227 pages)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword. Sandra A. WAWRYTKO: Introduction
  • PART 1 EVIL IN ASIAN THOUGHT
  • ONE Thaddeus T'UI-CHIEH HANG: Understanding Evil in the Philosophies of Mencius, Hsün Tzu, and Lao Tzu.
  • TWO Lloyd A. SCIBAN: Good and Evil in Wang Yangming's Concept of Human Nature
  • THREE Sandra A. WAWRYTKO: The Problem of the Problem of Evil: A Taoist Response
  • PART 2 WESTERN THEORIES OF EVIL
  • FOUR Pierre MASSON: Augustine and the Problem of Evil
  • FIVE David GOICOECHEA: The Bad and the Evil in Augustine and Nietzsche
  • SIX Vincent J. FERRARA: Dialogic Morality and a Phenomenology of Evil
  • SEVEN Victor YELVERTON HAINES: Drawing Evil with a Happy Face: The Iconography of the Felix Culpa
  • Part 3 EVIL AND COSMIC ORDER
  • EIGHT Mary-Rose BARRAL: Why Evil in This Beautiful World
  • NINE Hedwig RASKOB: Original Sin or Verkehrte Welt : The Reversal of Natural Order
  • TEN Stanley TWEYMAN: Natural Evil and an Infinite Benevolent Designer
  • Part 4 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVIL
  • ELEVEN David ALETHEA: Reflections on the Effects of Exposure to Evil: A Transpersonal Perspective
  • TWELVE Christopher B. GRAY: Mental Illness, Responsibility, and Liability: Positive Disintegration, Individual Psychology, and the Insanity Defense
  • THIRTEEN William J. MASSICOTTE: The Auxiliary Object as a Marker of Omnipotence: A Psychoanalytical View
  • FOURTEEN John G. McGRAW: Loneliness: The First of All Evils
  • Part 5 THE PRACTICE OF EVIL
  • FIFTEEN Richard L. AKINS: The Phantom Employee: Evil in the Workplace
  • SIXTEEN Hans GUGGENHEIM: Evil in the Age of E-Mail
  • SEVENTEEN Thomas A. BAKER: The Suffering of Children
  • EIGHTEEN Guillermine de LACOSTE: The Mystery of Evil in Gabriel Marcel's % ??Le Chemin de Crête and % ??Le Signe de la Croix
  • About the Contributors
  • Index.

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