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The matter of evil : from speculative realism to ethical pessimism
Title
The matter of evil : from speculative realism to ethical pessimism / Drew M. Dalton.
ISBN
9780810146402
0810146401
9780810146419
081014641X
9780810146426
Publication
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
x, 335 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
"Overturning our assumptions about the nature and value of reality, The Matter of Evil presents a provocative new model of ethical responsibility that is both logically justifiable and scientifically sound"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 26, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. The Matter of Evil
After Kant: The End of Western Metaphysics and Ethics?
Absolutes within the Bounds of Reason: Speculative Realism and the Return of the Absolute
Toward a Post-Critical Ethics: Meillassoux and Badiou on the Mathematization of Nature and the Possibility of Absolute Metaphysical and Moral Claims
The Science of Entropic Absolutes: The (Dis)Order of Nature
The Value of Science and the Science of Value: Reevaluating the Moral Neutrality of Material Reality
Moral Value and Absolute Necessity: Baruch Spinoza's Metaphysical Monism
The Monstrous Will of Nature: Arthur Schopenhauer's Ethical Monism
The Specter of Nihilism: Friedrich Nietzsche's Moral Naturalism
The Ethical Potency of Pessimism: Schopenhauerian Negation, Buddhist Renunciation, and the Political Activism of Philipp Mainländer
New Directions in Pessimism: Cosmic Pessimism, Afropessimism, and Extinctual Nihilism
Conclusion. Speculative Absolutes and Pessimistic Activism: The Evangel of Entropy and the Ethics of Resistance.
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