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The Positive Function of Evil /

This collection explores the controversial and perhaps even abject idea that evils, large and small, human and natural, may have a central positive function to play in our lives. For centuries a concern of religious thinkers from the Christian tradition, very little systematic work has been done to...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Tabensky, Pedro Alexis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Religious Studies, general.
Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This collection explores the controversial and perhaps even abject idea that evils, large and small, human and natural, may have a central positive function to play in our lives. For centuries a concern of religious thinkers from the Christian tradition, very little systematic work has been done to explore this idea from the secular point of view.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIX, 185 pages)
ISBN:9780230242265
DOI:10.1057/9780230242265