Evil and International Relations: Human Suffering in an Age of Terror

by R. Jeffery

Overview

This book seeks to determine what is meant by 'evil' when used to describe actors and events in international politics. Focusing on the history of evil in western secular and religious thought, it reintroduces a classical understanding of evil as the means to which we seek to understand otherwise meaningless human suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349537426
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	07/02/2008
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	235
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Renée Jeffery is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide.

Table of Contents

Understanding Evil * The Meaning of Suffering * The Problem of Evil * Moral Evil * Moral Monsters * Evil as Thoughtlessness * The War on Evil * Conclusion