Instead We Became Evil

Author : Sleiman,Dart Adams
Publisher : Kingston Imperial
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781954220430

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Instead We Became Evil by Sleiman,Dart Adams Pdf

A powerful story of struggle, survival, and hope for the future is told by one of Denmark's most successful artists. The violent, compelling debut, co-written with journalist Dart Adams, provides a complex portrait of one man and the various ways in which every social system that was supposed to help him failed him, while also delving into the psychology of immigrant gangs and the young men who fall into them. But ultimately, it's a narrative about tenacity, survival, and optimism for the future. Sleiman was born in Lebanon during the 1982 bombardment and is a Palestinian. His family eventually moved to Denmark, but their new life there was far from perfect. Sleiman was subjected to domestic violence as well as social rejection as a Muslim immigrant. Angry and powerless, he found himself drawn to gang life. Sleiman had dropped out of school and was one of his gang's most feared and revered members as a teenager. He was involved in hundreds of crimes during his peak, but after surviving an attempted assassination, he addressed his demons and permanently abandoned the gang life. Sleiman is now narrating his story in his own words in the hopes of discouraging others from following in his footsteps.

Author : Attriana Clements
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665744652

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Evil Sister by Attriana Clements Pdf

Three sisters with magic learn that danger is coming, can they stop it can they learn what they need to learn before their aunt takes over? Can a loving boyfriend and family be enough to save their aunt or will they have to make a ultimate choice to stop her before all hell breaks loose. Read to find out.

Author : Steven J. Jensen
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813217277

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Good and Evil Actions by Steven J. Jensen Pdf

In Good and Evil Actions, Steven J. Jensen navigates a path through the debate, retrieving what is of value from each interpretation

Author : Luke Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198712480

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Evil by Luke Russell Pdf

When asked to describe wartime atrocities, acts of terrorism, and serial killers, many of us reach for the word evil. But what does it mean to say that an action or a person is evil? Some philosophers have claimed that there is no such thing as evil, and that thinking in terms of evil is simplistic and dangerous. In response to this sceptical challenge, Luke Russell shows that concept of evil has a legitimate place within contemporary secular moral thought. In this book he addresses questions concerning the nature of evil action, such as whether evil actions must be incomprehensible, whether evil actions can be banal, and whether there is a psychological hallmark that distinguishes evils from other wrongs. Russell also explores issues regarding the nature of evil persons, including whether every evil person is an evildoer, whether every evil person is irredeemable, and whether a person could be evil merely in virtue of having evil feelings. The concept of evil is extreme, and is easily misused. Nonetheless, Russell suggests that it has an important role to play when it comes to evaluating and explaining the worst kind of wrongdoing.

Author : Julia Shaw
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780385690300

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Evil by Julia Shaw Pdf

An original and scientifically rigorous exploration of the darkest recesses of the human mind. What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. But evil, Dr. Julia Shaw argues, is all relative, rooted in our unique cultures. What one may consider normal, like sex before marriage, eating meat or being a banker, others may find abhorrent. And if evil is only in the eye of the beholder, can it be said to exist at all? In Evil, Dr. Shaw uses case studies from academia, examples from popular culture and anecdotes from everyday life to break down complex information and concepts such as the neuroscience of evil, the psychology of bloodlust and workplace misbehaviour. In grappling with thorny dilemmas--from "Would I kill baby Hitler?" to "Why do I want to murder my spouse?"--Dr. Shaw offers readers a better understanding of the world, ourselves and our Google search histories.

Author : Brian Keenan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446485422

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An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan Pdf

Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four and a half years. For much of that time he was shut off from all news and contact with anyone other than his jailers and, later, his fellow hostages, amongst them John McCarthy.

Author : Alice Feeney
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250144836

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Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney Pdf

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Author : Anslie H. Abraham
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781456873240

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Why Evil Rules—If God Is... by Anslie H. Abraham Pdf

In this book, I have consciously deliberated on the predominant question of the problem of evil and, with the help of the World Scriptures and with sound reasoning I have tried to solve this age old mystery. We are in the New Millennium. Currently, many great social transformations are taking place in our world. Most likely, these changes will help us find the true path for self-realization leading us all back to God. Therefore, I am sure this book would be of tremendous value to readers. Generally, process of regeneration is slow, it may last the whole millennium, nevertheless, it is imminent. The fact that the above said kingdom of God or “peace on earth” is the most desired objective of history, is the evidence of its being, not only non-mythical, but a realistic aspiration of God and man. Jesus, in the above Bible verse prompts us to recognize the seasons of our age.

Author : James Waller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190287528

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Becoming Evil by James Waller Pdf

Political or social groups wanting to commit mass murder on the basis of racial, ethnic or religious differences are never hindered by a lack of willing executioners. In Becoming Evil, social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller debunks the common explanations for genocide- group think, psychopathology, unique cultures- and offers a more sophisticated and comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. He outlines the evolutionary forces that shape human nature, the individual dispositions that are more likely to engage in acts of evil, and the context of cruelty in which these extraordinary acts can emerge. Illustrative eyewitness accounts are presented at the end of each chapter. An important new look at how evil develops, Becoming Evil will help us understand such tragedies as the Holocaust and recent terrorist events. Waller argues that by becoming more aware of the things that lead to extraordinary evil, we will be less likely to be surprised by it and less likely to be unwitting accomplices through our passivity.

Author : John Peter Kenney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501314001

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On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity by John Peter Kenney Pdf

Reading Augustine is a new line of books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars. The aim of the series is to make clear Augustine's importance to contemporary thought and to present Augustine not only or primarily as a pre-eminent Christian thinker but as a philosophical, spiritual, literary and intellectual icon of the West. Why did the ancients come to adopt monotheism and Christianity? On God, The Soul, Evil and the Rise of Christianity introduces possible answers to that question by looking closely at the development of the thought of Augustine of Hippo, whose complex spiritual trajectory included Gnosticism, academic skepticism, pagan Platonism, and orthodox Christianity. What was so compelling about Christianity and how did Augustine become convinced that his soul could enter into communion with a transcendent God? The apparently sudden shift of ancient culture to monotheism and Christianity was momentous, defining the subsequent nature of Western religion and thought. John Peter Kenney shows us that Augustine offers an unusually clear vantage point to understand the essential ideas that drove that transition.

Author : Conrad von Orelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Bible
ISBN : UIUC:30112069908199

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The Prophecies of Isaiah by Conrad von Orelli Pdf

Author : Ari Hirvonen,Janne Porttikivi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135268190

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Law and Evil by Ari Hirvonen,Janne Porttikivi Pdf

Law and Evil opens, expands and deepens our understanding of the phenomenon of evil by addressing the theoretical relationship between this phenomenon and law. Hannah Arendt said 'the problem of evil will be the fundamental question of post-war intellectual life in Europe'. This statement is, unfortunately, more than valid in the contemporary world: not only in the events of war, crimes against humanity, terror, repression, criminality, violence, torture, human trafficking, and so on; but also as evil is used rhetorically to condemn these acts, to categorise their perpetrators, and to justify forcible measures, both in international and domestic politics and law. But what is evil? Evil as a concept is too often taken as something that is self-evident, something that is always already defined. Taking Kant’s concept of radical evil as a starting point, this volume counters such a tendency. Bringing together philosophical, political, and psychoanalytical perspectives, in analysing both the concept and the phenomenon of evil, the contributors to this volume offer a rich and thoroughgoing analysis of the multifaceted phenomenon of evil and its relationship to law.

Author : Joel Madore
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441105660

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Difficult Freedom and Radical Evil in Kant by Joel Madore Pdf

To speak of evil is to speak of a gap between what is and what should be. If classical approaches to this problem often relied on a religious or metaphysical framework to structure their response, Kant's answer is typically modern in that it places within the subject the means of its own moral regeneration. And yet from his first essays on ethics to later, more rigorous writings on the issue, Kant also admits an undeniable fallibility and inherent weakness to humanity. This book explores this neglected existential side of Kant's work. It presents radical evil as vacillating between tragic and freedom, at the threshold of humanity. Through it's careful exegesis of the Kantian corpus, in gauging contemporary responses from both philosophical traditions, and by drawing from concrete examples of evil, the book offers a novel and accessible account of what is widely considered to be an intricate yet urgent problem of philosophy.

Author : MATHSTORY.COM
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780970264107

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The Math Adventurers Meet the Evil Wizard by MATHSTORY.COM Pdf

Author : Ron Corcoran
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781460289921

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Deliver Us From Evil by Ron Corcoran Pdf

Safety, Acceptance, Belonging. These words come to mind when we hear about families. Having a mother, father, and twelve siblings living in a strong Christian faith should mean plenty of love, laughter and companionship. But what if, inexplicably, one’s parents selectively manipulated and mistreated some of the children and not the others? How would you deal with being one of three children who constantly bore unprovoked wrath and abuse — while watching the others receive the love, affirmation and nurturing you so desperately needed and craved? Would you ask yourself if your life was worth anything to anyone at all? Would you feel that God had overlooked and abandoned you? Would you despair of God for being unresponsive when you cried out for relief? Ron Corcoran’s frank and honest memoir courageously proclaims that no matter how wretched, broken or angry we may be, we can indeed be delivered, redeemed and transformed by the love of the living, eternal God.