Evil And Human Agency

Author : Arne Johan Vetlesen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1139448846

Get Book

Evil and Human Agency by Arne Johan Vetlesen Pdf

Evil is a poorly understood phenomenon. In this provocative 2005 book, Professor Vetlesen argues that to do evil is to intentionally inflict pain on another human being, against his or her will, and causing serious and foreseeable harm. Vetlesen investigates why and in what sort of circumstances such a desire arises, and how it is channeled, or exploited, into collective evildoing. He argues that such evildoing, pitting whole groups against each other, springs from a combination of character, situation, and social structure. By combining a philosophical approach inspired by Hannah Arendt, a psychological approach inspired by C. Fred Alford and a sociological approach inspired by Zygmunt Bauman, and bringing these to bear on the Holocaust and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, Vetlesen shows how closely perpetrators, victims, and bystanders interact, and how aspects of human agency are recognized, denied, and projected by different agents.

Author : Alexander S. Jensen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317148876

Get Book

Divine Providence and Human Agency by Alexander S. Jensen Pdf

Divine Providence and Human Agency develops an understanding of God and God's relation to creation that perceives God as sovereign over creation while, at the same time, allowing for a meaningful notion of human freedom. This book provides a bridge between contemporary approaches that emphasise human freedom, such as process theology and those influenced by it, and traditional theologies that stress divine omnipotence.This book argues that it is essential for Christian theology to maintain that God is ultimately in charge of history: otherwise there would be no solid grounds for Christian hope. Yet, the modern human self-understanding as free agent within certain limitations must be taken seriously. Jensen approaches this apparent contradiction from within a consistently trinitarian framework. Jensen argues that a Christian understanding of God must be based on the experience of the saving presence of Christ in the Church, leading to an apophatic and consistently trinitarian theology. This serves as the framework for the discussion of divine omnipotence and human freedom. On the basis of the theological foundation established in this book, it is possible to frame the problem in a way that makes it possible to live within this tension. Building on this foundation, Jensen develops an understanding of history as the unfolding of the divine purpose and as an expression of God's very being, which is self-giving love and desire for communion. This book offers an important contribution to the debate of the doctrine of God in the context of an evolutionary universe.

Author : John M.G. Barclay,Simon J. Gathercole
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567084531

Get Book

Divine and Human Agency in Paul and His Cultural Environment by John M.G. Barclay,Simon J. Gathercole Pdf

Re-examines Paul within contemporary Jewish debate, attuned to the significant theological issues he raises without imposing upon him the frameworks developed in later Christian thought

Author : William J. Abraham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198786511

Get Book

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume II by William J. Abraham Pdf

Annotation Argues that in order to understand divine action, one must begin with the array of specific actions predicated of God in the Christian tradition.

Author : Jeanine Grenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0521846811

Get Book

Kant and the Ethics of Humility by Jeanine Grenberg Pdf

Publisher Description

Author : Samantha Spence
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781527502680

Get Book

Witchcraft Accusations and Persecutions as a Mechanism for the Marginalisation of Women by Samantha Spence Pdf

This books draws on feminist commentary from the disciplines of anthropology, history, law, politics and sociology in order to deal with the phenomenon of modern-day witchcraft. It focuses on the re-emergence of witchcraft beliefs in contemporary society, suggesting that witchcraft accusations and persecution are being used as a marginalisation mechanism of women. The re-emergence of witchcraft beliefs in contemporary society and the prevalence of the violence associated with such beliefs has received little attention within academic literature, yet witchcraft-related violence against women is, progressively, becoming one of the most pervasive forms of violence facing women today. This book addresses this gap in the literature, discussing the return of witchcraft beliefs to contemporary society, whilst assessing the effectiveness of international human rights law in protecting women from witchcraft accusations and persecution.

Author : Scott M. Powers
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443826167

Get Book

Evil in Contemporary French and Francophone Literature by Scott M. Powers Pdf

Evil remains a primary source of inquiry in contemporary literature of French expression, even among its most secular writers. In considering French-speaking authors from France, Belgium, the United States, the Maghreb, and Sub-Saharan Africa, this collection delineates a rich international perspective on some of the most disturbing events of our time. Each essay testifies to the urgency expressed in works of fiction to give an account of human catastrophes, from the Shoah and the Rwandan genocide to the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the ongoing oppression of women in Islamic nations. Themes underlying this volume include an investigation into the origins of evil, its representations in writing, and the ethical responsibilities of authors who write on human suffering. Contemporary fiction on evil confronts us with fundamental questions: Can evil be attributed to intentionality, is evil “subconscious,” or is it the result of impersonal forces? Which styles of writing are ethically appropriate or effective for depicting evil? Can we speak of a veritable “poetics of evil” shared by contemporary authors? When does a literary text on evil become “evil”? In providing informed and nuanced answers to these important questions, the scholars engage in crucial theories of psychoanalysis, post-structuralism, and post-modernism, address a number of issues raised by trauma and genocide studies, and draw from critical frameworks in literary theory on testimony, the limits of representing the extreme, and “transgressive” writing.

Author : Abraham John Valpy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015012346469

Get Book

The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy Pdf

Author : Jeremy Bentham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10571194

Get Book

The Works by Jeremy Bentham Pdf

Author : Bhikhu Parekh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317191131

Get Book

Bentham's Political Thought by Bhikhu Parekh Pdf

In this book, first published in 1973, the editor has drawn heavily on Bentham’s manuscripts and has tried to provide a coherent statement of Bentham’s legal and political thought. Unlike Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes or Mill, Bentham did not write one single work containing the basic principles of his legal and political philosophy. This titles presents Bentham’s work in a systematic manner, and will be of interest to students of philosophy, politics and history.

Author : Jeremy Bentham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005453597

Get Book

Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham Pdf

Author : Luppicini, Rocci,Adell, Rebecca
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1082 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781605660233

Get Book

Handbook of Research on Technoethics by Luppicini, Rocci,Adell, Rebecca Pdf

"This book traces the emergence of the new interdisciplinary field of technoethics by exploring its conceptual development, important issues, and key areas of current research. Compiling 50 authoritative articles from leading researchers on the ethical dimensions of new technologies"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Luciano Floridi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191023279

Get Book

The Ethics of Information by Luciano Floridi Pdf

Luciano Floridi develops an original ethical framework for dealing with the new challenges posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). ICTs have profoundly changed many aspects of life, including the nature of entertainment, work, communication, education, health care, industrial production and business, social relations, and conflicts. They have had a radical and widespread impact on our moral lives and on contemporary ethical debates. Privacy, ownership, freedom of speech, responsibility, technological determinism, the digital divide, and pornography online are only some of the pressing issues that characterise the ethical discourse in the information society. They are the subject of Information Ethics (IE), the new philosophical area of research that investigates the ethical impact of ICTs on human life and society. Since the seventies, IE has been a standard topic in many curricula. In recent years, there has been a flourishing of new university courses, international conferences, workshops, professional organizations, specialized periodicals and research centres. However, investigations have so far been largely influenced by professional and technical approaches, addressing mainly legal, social, cultural and technological problems. This book is the first philosophical monograph entirely and exclusively dedicated to it. Floridi lays down, for the first time, the conceptual foundations for IE. He does so systematically, by pursuing three goals: a) a metatheoretical goal: it describes what IE is, its problems, approaches and methods; b) an introductory goal: it helps the reader to gain a better grasp of the complex and multifarious nature of the various concepts and phenomena related to computer ethics; c) an analytic goal: it answers several key theoretical questions of great philosophical interest, arising from the investigation of the ethical implications of ICTs. Although entirely independent of The Philosophy of Information (OUP, 2011), Floridi's previous book, The Ethics of Information complements it as new work on the foundations of the philosophy of information.

Author : Katie G. Cannon,Anthony B. Pinn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199381081

Get Book

The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology by Katie G. Cannon,Anthony B. Pinn Pdf

Named an Honor Book for Nonfiction by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association African American theology has a long and important history. With modern roots in the civil rights movements of the 1960s, African American theology has gone beyond issues of justice and social transformation to participate in broader dialogues of theological inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of African American Theology brings together leading scholars in the field to offer a critical and comprehensive analysis of this theological tradition in its many forms and contexts. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this Oxford Handbook examines the nature, structures, and functions of African American Theology. The volume surveys the field by highlighting its sources, doctrines, internal debates, current challenges, and future prospects in order to present key topics related to the wider palette of Black Religion in a sustained scholarly format. This formative collection presents current scholarship on African American Theology and scripture, eschatology, Christology, womanist theology, sexuality, ontology, the global economy, and much more. The contributors represent a diverse set of faith perspectives, adding to the layered discourses within the volume. These essays further important discussions on the pressing debates and challenges that shape black and womanist theologies.

Author : Mark C. Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198796916

Get Book

God's Own Ethics by Mark C. Murphy Pdf

Part I. The ethics of an Anselmian being -- Anselmianism about God -- Is the Anselmian being loving? -- Is the Anselmian being morally good? -- The ethics of the Anselmian being I (promotion) -- The ethics of the Anselmian being II (respect) -- The argument from evil and the ethics of the Anselmian being -- Part II. God's ethics -- Worship-worthiness and allegiance-worthiness -- The good of religion and contingent divine ethics -- The argument from evil and God's contingent ethics