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Evil in Joint Action - The Ethics of Hate and the Sociology of Original Sin

English · Hardback

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Exploring the famous 'Pear Theft' episode in St Augustine's Confessions, this book looks beyond the theological implications of the event to focus instead on the secular insights that it offers, with particular reference to its relevance for the development of a new account of joint action and collective wrongdoing.


List of contents

1. A Gratuitous Act 2. The Guise of the Bad 3. Augustinian Absurdity 4. Perfect Hatred 5. Of Pride and Shame 6. From Incident to Institution Epilogue: Ethical Hate

About the author

Hans Bernhard Schmid is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria. He is the author of Plural Action: Essays in Philosophy and Social Science and Moralische Integrität: Kritik eines Konstrukts, and the co-editor of From Conventionalism to Social Authenticity: Heidegger’s Anyone and Contemporary Social Theory.

Summary

Exploring the famous ‘Pear Theft’ episode in St Augustine’s Confessions, this book looks beyond the theological implications of the event to focus instead on the secular insights that it offers, with particular reference to its relevance for the development of a new account of joint action and collective wrongdoing.

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