On Evil Morton Adam
On Evil Morton Adam Evil has long fascinated psychologists, philosophers, novelists and playwrights but remains an incredibly difficult concept to talk about.On Evil is a compelling and at times…
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On Evil Morton Adam
Evil has long fascinated psychologists, philosophers, novelists and playwrights but remains an incredibly difficult concept to talk about.On Evil is a compelling and at times disturbing tour of the many faces of evil. If we can explain evil, do we explain it away? What is evil, and what makes people do awful things?
Does evil depend on a contrast with good, as religion tells us, or can there be evil for evil's sake?Adam Morton argues that any account of evil must help us understand three things: why evil occurs; why evil often arises out of banal or everyday situations; and how we can be seen as evil. Can we imagine the mind of a serial killer, or does such evil defy description? Drawing on fascinating examples as diverse as Augustine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, psychological studies of deviant behaviour and profiles of serial killers, Adam Morton