David S. Oderberg

The Metaphysics of Good and Evil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first, full-length contemporary defence, from the perspective of analytic philosophy, of the Scholastic theory of good and evil â the theory of Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and most medieval and Thomistic philosophers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781032239415
• ISBN-10: 1032239417
• Artikelnr.: 62951622

Autorenporträt

David S. Oderberg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading, England. He is the author of many articles in metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of religion, and other subjects. His books include Moral Theory: A Non-Consequentialist Approach (2000), Applied Ethics: A Non-Consequentialist Approach (2000) and Real Essentialism (2007). He is also the editor of several collections on ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Prof. Oderberg edits Ratio, an international journal of analytic philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I A Theory of Good as Fulfilment 1. The basic theory:
appetites and fulfilment 2. Developing the Scholastic conception of
goodness 3. A case for inorganic goodness 4. The good in the living Part II
A Theory of Evil as Privation 5. In defence of the privation theory 6. Evil
and truthmaking 7. Evil as cause and effect 8. The reality of evil