Wickedness: A Philosophical Essay - Softcover
To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. In Wickedness she sets out to delineate not so much the nature of wickedness as its actual sources. Midgley's analysis proves that the capicity for real wickedness is an inevitable part of human nature. This is not, however, a blanket acceptance of evil. She provides us with a framework that accepts its existence yet offers humankind the possibility of rejecting this part of our nature. Out of this dark journey she returns with an offering to us: an understanding of human nature that enhances our very humanity. To read Wickedness is to understand Mary Midgley's reputation as one of the world's greatest moral philosophers.
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Mary Midgley (1919-), a philosopher with a special interest in ethics, human nature and science, has a widespread international following for her work. Other publications include The Ethical Primate, Science as Salvation, Utopias, Dolphins and Computers and, most recently, Science and Poetry
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"The Routledge Classics, an intellectually compelling, and sometimes daunting, selection of important nonfiction originally published by the leftish Routledge or one of its imprints.[a] superb and welcome series."
-Martin Levin," Globe & Mail
"Mrs Midgley has set out to delineate not so much the nature as the sources of wickedness. Though she calls the book a philosophical essay, it is more a contribution to psychology. The book is clearly written, with a refreshing absence of technical jargon, and each chapter is followed by a useful summary of its principal arguments."
-"The Listener
"I have now read the book twice, not because it is difficult (on the contrary it reads with the ease and elegance of Bertrand Russell), but because it is so stimulating."
-" The Spectator
"Mary Midgley may be the most frightening philosopher in the country: the one before whom it is least pleasant to appear a fool."
-"The Guardian
"Mary Midgely is a philosopher with what many have come to admire, and some to fear, as one of the sharpest critical pens in the West."
-Steven Rose, author of "Theritical Conscious Brain
-Martin Levin," Globe & Mail
"Mrs Midgley has set out to delineate not so much the nature as the sources of wickedness. Though she calls the book a philosophical essay, it is more a contribution to psychology. The book is clearly written, with a refreshing absence of technical jargon, and each chapter is followed by a useful summary of its principal arguments."
-"The Listener
"I have now read the book twice, not because it is difficult (on the contrary it reads with the ease and elegance of Bertrand Russell), but because it is so stimulating."
-" The Spectator
"Mary Midgley may be the most frightening philosopher in the country: the one before whom it is least pleasant to appear a fool."
-"The Guardian
"Mary Midgely is a philosopher with what many have come to admire, and some to fear, as one of the sharpest critical pens in the West."
-Steven Rose, author of "Theritical Conscious Brain
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- PublisherRoutledge Kegan & Paul
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0744800536
- ISBN 13 9780744800531
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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