Understanding Evil Acts

Evil acts strike us, by their very nature, as not only horrifying and reprehensible, but also as deeply puzzling. No doubt for reasons like this, evil has often been seen as mysterious, demonic and beyond our human powers of understanding. The question I examine in this paper is whether or not we ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:Human Studies. - Springer, 1978. - 30(2007), 2, Seite 57-77
1. Verfasser: Formosa, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Human Studies
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