Evil has long fascinated psychologists philosophers novelists and playwrights but remains an incredibly difficult concept to talk about. <strong>On Evil</strong... » 

Evil has long fascinated psychologists philosophers novelists and playwrights but remains an incredibly difficult concept to talk about. On Evil is a compelling and at times disturbing tour of the many faces of evil. What is evil and what makes people do awful things? If we can explain evil do we explain it away? Can we imagine the mind of a serial killer or does it defy description? Does evil depend on a contrast with good as religion tells us? Can there be evil for evils sake? Urging caution in our use of the word Adam Morton argues that any account of evil must help us understand three things why evil occurs why evil often arises out of banal or everyday situations and how we can be seen as evil. Evil has long fascinated psychologists philosophers novelists and playwrights but remains an incredibly difficult concept to talk about. On Evil is a compelling and at times disturbing tour of the many faces of evil. What is evil and what makes people do awful things? If we can explain evil do we explain it away? Can we imagine the mind of a serial killer or does it defy description? Does evil depend on a contrast with good as religion tells us? Can there be evil for evils sake? Urging caution in our use of the word Adam Morton argues that any account of evil must help us understand three things why evil occurs why evil often arises out of banal or everyday situations and how we can be seen as evil. «