Evil and Moral Psychology Paperback / softback
by Peter Brian Barry
Part of the Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory series
Paperback / softback
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This book examines what makes someone an evil person and how evil people are different from merely bad people.
Rather than focusing on the "problem of evil" that occupies philosophers of religion, Barry looks instead to moral psychology—the intersection of ethics and psychology.
He provides both a philosophical account of what evil people are like and considers the implications of that account for social, legal, and criminal institutions.
He also engages in traditional philosophical reasoning strongly informed by psychological research, especially abnormal and social psychology.
In response to the popularity of phrases like "the axis of evil" and the ease with which politicians and others describe their opponents as "evil," Barry sets out to make clear just what it is to be an evil person.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:198 pages, 9 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/05/2015
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- ISBN:9781138890848
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:198 pages, 9 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/05/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138890848