CiNii Books - Good and evil : an absolute conception

Raimond Gaita's Good and Evil is one of the most important, original and provocative books on the nature of morality to have been published in recent years. It is essential reading for anyone interested in what it means to talk about good and evil. Gaita argues that questions about morality are inseparable from the preciousness of each human being, an issue we can only address if we place the idea of remorse at the centre of moral life. Drawing on an astonishing range of thinkers and writers, including Plato, Wittgenstein, George Orwell and Primo Levi, Gaita also reflects on the place of reason and truth in morality and ultimately how questions about good and evil are connected to the meaning of our lives. This revised edition of Good and Evil includes a substantial new preface and afterword by the author.

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Chapter 1 Evil and unconditional respect
Chapter 2 The scope of academic moral philosophy
Chapter 3 Mortal men and rational beings
Chapter 4 Remorse and its lessons
Chapter 5 Evil done and evil suffered
Chapter 6 Naturalism
Chapter 7 Modalities
Chapter 8 Meaning
Chapter 9 Individuality
Chapter 10 'An attitude towards a soul'
Chapter 11 Goodness
Chapter 12 Ethical other-worldliness
Chapter 13 'The repudiation of morality'
Chapter 14 Ethics and politics
Chapter 15 Moral understanding
Chapter 16 Truth
Chapter 17 Fearless thinkers and evil thoughts

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