Kierkegaard's Analysis of Radical Evil

Kierkegaard's Analysis of Radical Evil
Author: David A. Roberts
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2006-03-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1847143709

For thousands of years philosophers and theologians have grappled with the problem of evil. Traditionally, evil has been seen as a weakness of sorts: the evil person is either ignorant, or weak-willed. But in the most horrifying acts of evil, the perpetrators are resolute, deliberate, and well aware of the pain they are causing. Here David Roberts painstakingly details the matrix of issues that evolved into Kierkegaard's own solution. Kierkegaard's psychological understanding of evil is that it arises out of despair - a despair that can become so vehement and ferocious that it lashes out at existence itself. Roberts shows how the despairing self can become strengthened and intensified through a conscious and free choice against the Good. This type of radical evil is neither ignorant nor weak.

Volume 15, Tome III: Kierkegaard's Concepts

Volume 15, Tome III: Kierkegaard's Concepts
Author: Dr Jon Stewart
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1472434323

Kierkegaard’s Concepts is a comprehensive, multi-volume survey of the key concepts and categories that inform Kierkegaard’s writings. Each article is a substantial, original piece of scholarship, which discusses the etymology and lexical meaning of the relevant Danish term, traces the development of the concept over the course of the authorship, and explains how it functions in the wider context of Kierkegaard’s thought. Concepts have been selected on the basis of their importance for Kierkegaard’s contributions to philosophy, theology, the social sciences, literature and aesthetics, thereby making this volume an ideal reference work for students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines.

Absolute Duo Vol. 3

Absolute Duo Vol. 3
Author: Takumi Hiiragiboshi
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2019-08-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1642757659

Tor has learned the dark secret of Koryo Academy: the Blaze weapons, formed from the students' very souls, can be used to kill. Does Tor, an Irregular whose Blaze manifests as a protective shield, have what it takes to end lives? Moreover, will he stay loyal to his partner Julie when another beautiful blonde shows up to try and steal him away? The gorgeous Lilith Bristol has arrived from England and she only has one goal: Take Tor as her partner, however she can.

Kierkegaard's Either/Or

Kierkegaard's Either/Or
Author: Ryan S. Kemp
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 100907900X

Either/Or is Kierkegaard's first major work and arguably his most virtuosic. It introduces many of the most important philosophical themes that define the rest of his authorship and showcases - through its several pseudonyms and genres - Kierkegaard's prodigious literary scope. In this Critical Guide, a diverse group of scholars strike new ground in our understanding of both this work, and Kierkegaard's authorship as a whole. Their essays highlight the text's philosophical range, with substantial discussions of issues in aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, phenomenology, and philosophy of religion. The volume will be essential reading for any person seeking to deepen their understanding of Either/Or and Kierkegaard's work more generally.

Intellectual Schizophrenia

Intellectual Schizophrenia
Author: R. J. Rushdoony
Publisher: Chalcedon Foundation
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2009-11-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1879998297

The title of this book is particularly significant in that Dr. Rushdoony was able to identify the basic contradiction that pervades a secular society that rejects God's sovereignty by still needs law and order, justice, science, and meaning to life. Secular man wants to use the thinks of creation while denying their creator. As Dr. Rushdoony writes, 'there is no law, no society, no justice, no structure, no design, no meaning apart from God.' And so, modern man has become schizophrenic. He wants to assert his autonomy while rejecting the divine order that gives meaning to life. To the humanist, the aim of living is something he calls the 'good life.' For the nihilist, it is violence and death. Dr. Rushdoony saw cultural schizophrenia as a split between thought and feeling, a withdrawal from the reality of God and a flight into fantasies of world government achieved through an unattainable unity. Utopians are undeniably schizophrenic. They want a heaven on earth, which can only be achieved by coercion and enslavement. But perhaps what they really want, as depraved human beings, is coercion and enslavement, and use utopian idealism to deceive and entrap the gullible. Nor is it by accident that the government schools now lavish so much time on death education, which has been marbleized throughout the curriculum. As Dr. Rushdoony writes: 'For man to turn his back on God, therefore, is to turn towards death.' And this is exactly what the government schools have done. Add to this, multiculturalism, transcendental meditation, sensitivity training, explicit sex education, drug education, evolution, behavioral psychology, humanism, whole language, and other such programs, and you get a curriculum that is so profoundly anti-Christian that one wonders how any Christian parent or minister can condone putting a Christian child in a government school from the forward by Samuel L. Blumenfeld

Queer By Choice

Queer By Choice
Author: Vera Whisman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136042946

Queer by Choice enters the controversial debate of sexual identity by examining choice in gay men and lesbian sexual identity. Drawing on interviews with a sample of 72 people, Whisman analyzes if, and to what extent, choice played a role in determining identity. Contributing factors such as race, class, religion, and educational level are considered. The results of the study are stimulating and often surprising, and contribute to the escalating debates over sexual identity as lesbians and gays continue to soldier for rights and representation.

Kierkegaard and Issues in Contemporary Ethics

Kierkegaard and Issues in Contemporary Ethics
Author: Mélissa Fox-Muraton
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2020-10-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110707136

While Kierkegaard’s philosophy focuses on concrete human existence, his thought has rarely been challenged regarding concrete and contemporary moral issues. This volume offers an overview of contemporary ethical issues from a Kierkegaardian perspective, deliberately taking him out of the sphere of Theology and Christian Ethics, and examining the ways in which his works can provide fruitful insight into questions which Kierkegaard certainly never himself envisaged, such as accepting refugees into our communities, understanding how we relate to social media, issues of identity with regard to bioengineering or transgender identity, or problems of interreligious dialogue. The contributions in this volume, by international scholars, seek to address both the challenges and insights of Kierkegaard’s existential ethics for our contemporary societies, and its relation to topics of current interest in the field of moral philosophy. The volume is organized into three major sections: the first focusing on the relation between ethics and religion, a topic of primary importance with regard to the development of religious foundationalism and the challenges of dealing with diverse belief systems within our communities; the second on our understandings of ourselves and our relations to others with regard to issues of media and community; and the third targeting more specifically questions of identity, and the ways in which the developments of modern science impact identity construction. This work offers new paths for critically engaging with the moral issues of our times from an existential perspective.