Evil In Modern Thought: An Alternative History Of Philosophy

Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. It also confronts philosophy with fundamental questions: can there be meaning in a world where innocents suffer? Can belief in divine power or human progress survive a cataloguing of evil? Is evil profound or banal?

Beautifully written and thoroughly engaging, this book tells the history of modern philosophy as an attempt to come to terms with evil. It reintroduces philosophy to anyone interested in questions of life and death, good and evil, suffering and sense.