Evil and Human Agency: Understanding Collective Evildoing

by Arne Johan Vetlesen

Book Overview

Arne Johan Vetlesen argues that to do evil is to intentionally inflict pain on another human being, against his or her will, and cause serious and foreseeable harm. Vetlesen investigates why and in what sort of circumstances such a desire arises, and how it is channeled, or exploited, into collective evildoing. He argues that such evildoing, pitting whole groups against each other, springs from a combination of character, situation, and social structure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521673577
• ISBN13: 9780521673570
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"