Evil and Moral Psychology

Evil and Moral Psychology
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 210
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ISBN-10 : 9781135119799
ISBN-13 : 1135119791
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Book Synopsis Evil and Moral Psychology by : Peter Brian Barry

Download or read book Evil and Moral Psychology written by Peter Brian Barry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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