The Fiction of Evil by Peter Brian Barry - 9781138807778

Taylor & Francis

The Fiction of EvilAuthor(s): Peter Brian Barry\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138807778, 978-1138807778\nSynopsis\nWhat makes someone an evil person? How are evil people different from merely bad people? Do evil people really exist? Can we make sense of evil people if we mythologize them? Do evil people take pleasure in the suffering of others? Can evil people be redeemed?\n\nPeter Brian Barry answers these questions by examining a wide range of works from renowned authors, including works of literature by Kazuo Ishiguro, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and Oscar Wilde alongside classic works of philosophy by Nietzsche and Aristotle. By considering great texts from literature and philosophy, Barry examines whether evil is merely a fiction.\n\nThe Fiction of Evil explores how the study of literature can contribute to the study of metaphysics and ethics and it is essential reading for those studyin.