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Evil and international relationshuman suffering in an age of terror /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Evil and international relationsRenâee Jeffery.
Reminder of title:	human suffering in an age of terror /
Author:	Jeffery, Renâee.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2008.
Description:	viii, 235 p.
Subject:	SufferingMoral and ethical aspects.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230610354

Evil and international relationshuman suffering in an age of terror /
Jeffery, Renâee.

Evil and international relationshuman suffering in an age of terror /[electronic resource] :Renâee Jeffery. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2008. - viii, 235 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-227) and index.

Understanding evil -- The meaning of suffering -- The problem of evil -- Moral evil -- Moral monsters -- Evil as thoughtlessness -- The waron evil.

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the concept of 'evil' has enjoyed renewed popularity in both international political rhetoric and scholarly writing. World leaders, politicians, and intellectuals have increasingly turned to 'evil' to describe the very worst humanitarian atrocities that continue to mark international affairs. However, precisely what 'evil' actually entails is not well understood. Littleconsensus exists as to what 'evil' is, how it is manifested in the international sphere, and what we ought to do about it. With this in mind,this work seeks to ascertain precisely what is meant by 'evil' when itis used to describe actors and events in international politics. Focusing on the history of evil in western secular and religious thought, itreintroduces a classical understanding of evil as the means according to which we seek to understand otherwise meaningless human suffering.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230610354

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230610354doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

475492
Suffering
--Moral and ethical aspects.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BJ1409 / .J44 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 172/.4

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