Given the increasing influence of religious fundamentalism on politics (e.g. the Christian right in the United States or the Muslim fundamentalism associated with Al Qaeda), the question of how we can conceive of law and order, or society itself, without employing repressive ideals becomes more urgent. We need a way of conceptualizing the origin and process of idealization (which is necessary f...

background and objectives: enjoining good and forbidding (egfe) evil are two fundamental topics in islam. many verses and narratives underscore the social, religious and political duties implied by enjoining good and forbidding evil. after all, these two divine treasures have been neglected because of indulgence and forgetfulness. the prime reason for this negligence seems to be the obliviousne...

[ABSTRACT] Some argue that God’s omnipotence and moral perfection prevent God from being afraid and having evil desires and thus from understanding such states—which contradicts God’s omniscience. But, I argue, God could acquire such understanding indirectly, either by (i) perceiving the mental states of imperfect creatures, (ii) imaginatively combining the components of mental states with whic...

ABSTRACT HUMAN BEINGS AND THE MORAL LAW: MORAL PRECARIOUSNESS IN KANT'S ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY Bradley M. Taylor Dr. Paul Guyer This dissertation is an examination of human moral precariousness in Kant's ethics. Human beings are in a state of moral precariousness insofar as they are ever-capable of transgressing the moral law and are often uncertain of the moral worth of their actions. Put another ...

Abstract This paper develops a critical account of evil. By referring to Kant’s moral philosophy, I argue that evil actions have reasons and cannot be explained in terms lack reason. However, these are not obvious but rather forms rational self-deception. therefore the phenomenon is complex involves three dimensions: (i) activity, (ii) reasons, (iii) (self-)deception.

The presented article outlines vectors of transformation basic values Good-Truth-Beauty in the network. epistemological, moral-ethical, and aesthetic aspects are offered, which allows revealing forms representation initial Internet culture. In particular, planes intersection axes “good/evil”, “truth/lie”, “beautiful/ugly” social media presented. authors concerned about assertion equivalence blu...

In this paper I examine the psychological traits that can play a constitutive role in having an evil character, using a recent affect-based account by Colin McGinn as my starting point. I distinguish several such traits and defend the importance of both affect and action-based approaches. I then argue that someone who possesses these characteristics to the greatest possible extent—the purely ev...