Understanding Violence The Intertwining of Morality, Religion and Violence: A Philosophical Stance /

• Main Author: Magnani, Lorenzo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistomology and Rational Ethics, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Ethics.; Philosophy.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computational intelligence.; Computational Intelligence.; Philosophy of Man.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

This volume sets out to give a philosophical “applied” account of violence, engaging with both empirical and theoretical debates in other disciplines such as cognitive science, sociology, psychiatry, anthropology, political theory, evolutionary biology, and theology. The book’s primary thesis is tha...

Table of Contents:

• “Military Intelligence”
• The Violent Nature of Language
• Moral Bubbles: Legitimizing and Dissimulating Violence
• Moral and Violent Mediators
• Multiple Individual Moralities May Trigger Violence
• Religion, Morality, and Violence.