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Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil

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Description for Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil Paperback. One of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy explodes the facile assumptions behind the recent ethical turn. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Ethical questions dominate current political and academic agendas. While government think-tanks ponder the dilemmas of bio-ethics, medical ethics and professional ethics, respect for human rights and reverence for the Other have become matters of broad consensus.

Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, explodes the facile assumptions behind this recent ethical turn. He shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo, and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil.

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Product Details

Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Radical Thinkers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781680186
SKU
V9781781680186
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About Alain Badiou
Alain Badiou teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. He is the author of several seminal works, including Theory of the Subject, Being and Event and Manifesto for Philosophy. His recent books include The Meaning of Sarkozy, and The Communist Hypothesis.

Reviews for Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
This is a fiery little book.
Choice
His reasoning is powerful and surprising, making some of the best writing in current European philosophy, and his credentials are impeccable.
Amazon.com
Badiou is at his strongest in pointing to the inconsistencies of a facile multiculturalism, the pluralism of the food court and the shopping mall, which wilts in ... Read more

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